Antonyms for choked

Grammar : Verb

Spell : chohk

Phonetic Transcription : tʃoʊk

Definition of choked

Origin : c.1300, transitive, "to strangle;" late 14c., "to make to suffocate," of persons as well as swallowed objects, a shortening of acheken (c.1200), from Old English aceocian "to choke, suffocate" (with intensive a-), probably from root of ceoke "jaw, cheek" (see cheek (n.)).
Intransitive sense from c.1400. Meaning "gasp for breath" is from early 15c. Figurative use from c.1400, in early use often with reference to weeds stifling the growth of useful plants (a Biblical image). Meaning "to fail in the clutch" is attested by 1976, American English. Related: Choked; choking. Choke-cherry (1785) supposedly so called for its astringent qualities. Johnson also has choke-pear "Any aspersion or sarcasm, by which another person is put to silence." Choked up "overcome with emotion and unable to speak" is attested by 1896. The baseball batting sense is by 1907.

verb smother, block

Example sentences :

"There's nothing you could do that I couldn't forgive," he said in a choked voice.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

John could have choked him, but he answered: "Yes, it is seraphic."
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

I was suffocated with it, and I choked and laughed till the tears came.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Here I burst into a fit of crying which I choked as much as I could.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

There was much Parker wanted to say, but he choked the words back.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

His voice was choked and his pale face was glistening with perspiration.
Extract from : « The Second Voice » by Mann Rubin

After some moments, however, Charlie sobered and choked back a final gurgle.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Choked with tears, I passively let him raise my hand to his lips.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Its air was bad—a gas that choked; one could not breathe it and live.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

Mother Coupeau was not hungry, being too choked up to be able to eat.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for choked

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