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əuk 1. verb1) (to (cause to) stop, or partly stop, breathing: The gas choked him; He choked to death.) holde på å kveles, få i vrangstrupen; kvele2) (to block: This pipe was choked with dirt.) tette igjen, blokkere, stoppes til2. noun(an apparatus in a car engine etc to prevent the passage of too much air when starting the engine.) chokekveleIsubst. \/tʃəʊk\/1) kvelning, kvelningsanfall2) ( bil) choke3) ( teknikk) luftspjeld4) ( i børseløp) trangboring5) ( elektronikk) drossels poleIIverb \/tʃəʊk\/1) kvele(s), holde på å kveles, sette i halsen, få i vrangstrupen2) ( overført) kvele, undertrykke, holde (igjen)3) tette(s) igjen, blokkere(s), sperre(s)4) fylle, overfylle5) ( bil) strupes, kveleschoke back holde tilbakechoke down svelge ( overført) fortrenge, undertrykkechoke off ( hverdagslig) avskrekke stoppe kjeften på, få til å holde munnchoke on something sette noe i halsen, få noe i vrangstrupenchoke the life out of somebody ( også overført) kvele noen plage noen til dødechoke up ( bil) tette igjen, stoppe til, sperre (av) fylle opp (amer., hverdagslig) bli stille, bli målløs( overført) gå i vranglåschoke with kveles av, bli kvalt avbli gjengrodd avchoking voice halvkvalt stemme
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choke back — index suppress Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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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