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Definition of choke : 1. A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.
2. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
3. The tied end of a cartridge.
4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
5. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.
6. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
7. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.
8. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
9. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
10. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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catch your breath, quip, erode, evanesce, hold down, devolve, blend in, bloom, draw, squelch, recoil, murmur, bud, contaminate, squash, extinguish, bolt, throttle, work, retch, repress, pack in, occlude, go through, grate, cash in one's chips, gasp, gag, function, gibbet, choke back, overtake, pass on, lapse, kill, go along, give way, collapse, crush, garrote, miss, fill, break down, hush, tremble, hold out, smother, decease, go, live, overhaul, guide, breathe, break, limit, authorize, fall through, drop dead, pass by, sigh, clog up, cronk, eliminate, run, suffocate, heave, exit, survive, become flat, retard, garrotte, strain, give, pass, alternator, fall out, stifle, labored, noose, run out, ABS, lift, become, get going, run low, top, sink, shout, gulp, saturate, go out, deeply, hand, harden, leave, go across, quench, crash, hold back, defile, spend, egest, arrest, pass out, plump, acceleration, sit on, breath, locomote, squeeze out, eat away, operate, rub, strangulate, come about, legislate, croak, breathe out, blossom, proceed, choke coil, surpass, automatic transmission, swoon, disable, hold up, turn over, slip by, stall, transcend, pulmonary, die back, halter, back, fade, harm, scrag, back off, hyperventilate, embarrass, endure, exceed, bronchial, indrawn, quaver, injure, fleet, authorise, buy the farm, choking coil, close, move, languish, give out, fret, blow, flop, pollute, shut off, glide by, clear, put the lid on, stock, blend, drown, backfire, confine, elapse, die, die out, shrink, muffle, inhale, fizzle, put across, stuff, strangle, get, chafe, travel by, kill off, conk out, interfere with, blow over, bomb, go by, wound, burke, lead, belong, gum, brake pad, occur, bottom gear, go away, clot, back down, cut into, cut, reach, back up, return, pall, antilock braking system, chesty, gnarl, gall, fail, fall down, muzzle, make pass, take place, founder, rifle, grumble, get out, climb, conk, brake fluid, crowd, support, maculate, go on, overload, quell, cower, depart, heavily, happen, go bad, cringe, live on, full, choke down, back away, travel, come out, come up, hap, bruise, perish, eat into, bear, pass off, cram, faint, slip away, drop, slide by, rankle, crack, mutter, barricade, fall, go past, garotte, overpower, expire, make it, bound, cry out, rise, dampen, befoul, puff, stamp out, last, thrive, exhale, win, extend, air brake, deep, pack, modulate, asphyxiate, snuff it, give-up the ghost, breathless, fray, suppress, burn, fuss, fight for breath, kick the bucket, start, continue, sound, fit, choke off, niggle, put down, communicate, run short, pass away, excrete, pass along, pop off, burn out, scratch, quash, overstep, trammel

car part (part of speech: noun)

dashboard, shock absorber, accelerator, hood, horn, clutch, spark plug, ignition, distributor, crankshaft, bumper, windshield, generator, gearbox, cowl, bearings, exhaust, differential, cylinder, brake, headlights, camshaft, carburetor, glove compartment, steering wheel, fender, chassis, manifold, connecting rod, taillights, piston, radiator, transmission, muffler, gearshift, crankcase, fan, odometer, speedometer, gear

hinder (part of speech: verb)

curb, restrain, fetter, mire, entangle, bung, crimp, drag, constipate, snarl, oppose, burden, complicate, congest, restrict, hamstring, impede, constrain, deter, encumber, foul, stop, clog, impair, inhibit, dam, resist, jam, plug, cramp, baffle, catch, obstruct, hamper, snag, interrupt, paralyze, detain, stay, counter, check, block, delay, entrap, frustrate, hinder, handicap, thwart, bottleneck, cripple, tangle, bar

hindrance (part of speech: noun)

disadvantage, blockade, blockage, bafflement, complication, entrapment, damper, impediment, constraint, deterrent, impedance, encumbrance, hurdle, frustration, inhibition, congestion, restriction, impasse, restraint, interruption, entanglement, resistance, hindrance, opposition, constipation, obstruction, drawback, barrier, stoppage, obstacle

closure (part of speech: noun)

fastener, cork, lock, seal, stopper, closure

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