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• choke back — phr verb Choke back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑laugh, ↑laughter, ↑sob, ↑tear …   Collocations dictionary

• choke — choke1 [tʃəuk US tʃouk] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: achoke to choke (11 14 centuries), from Old English aceocian] 1.) to be unable to breathe properly because something is in your throat or there is not enough air choke on ▪ He choked on a piece… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• choke — 1 verb 1 STOP BREATHING (I, T) to prevent someone from breathing, or to be prevented from breathing, because your throat is blocked or because there is not enough air: The fumes were choking me. (+ on): He choked to death on a fish bone. 2 INJURE …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• laughter — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hearty, helpless, hysterical, insane, loud, maniacal (esp. AmE), raucous, uncontrollable, uproarious, wild …   Collocations dictionary

• gag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. muffle, silence; choke, strangle, retch. See ejection. n., informal, joke. See wit. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stop the mouth] Syn. choke, muzzle, muffle, obstruct, stifle, smother, throttle, strangle …   English dictionary for students

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