Synonym: muffle, smother, strangle, suffocate. Antonym: breathe. Similar words: poke, joke, broke, smoke, evoke, broker, stroke, broken. Meaning: [tʃəʊk] 
n. 1. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current 2. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine. v. 1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion 2. be too tight; rub or press 3. wring the neck of 4. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing 5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake 6. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation 7. check or slow down the action or effect of 8. become or cause to become obstructed 9. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of 10. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled 11. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of 12. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life 13. reduce the air supply 14. cause to retch or choke.
n. 1. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current 2. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine. v. 1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion 2. be too tight; rub or press 3. wring the neck of 4. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing 5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake 6. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation 7. check or slow down the action or effect of 8. become or cause to become obstructed 9. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of 10. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled 11. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of 12. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life 13. reduce the air supply 14. cause to retch or choke. 
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151. The smoke was beginning to billow into the room nowDyellow, acrid fumes that made Elizabeth choke.
152. But Beijing's latest policy move targets just those smaller-tier cities and could now choke off that growth.