Definitions for choked

(breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband")

(be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat")

(wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent")

(constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing)

(struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged")

(fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience")

(check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger")

(become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up")

(impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children")

(become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating

(suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him")

(pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102")

(reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor")

(cause to retch or choke)

(stopped up; clogged up; "clogged pipes"; "clogged up freeways"; "streets choked with traffic")