Choke

Choke may refer to:

  • Choking, obstruction of airflow into the lungs
    • Choke (horse), a condition in horses in which the esophagus is blocked
    • Choking game, a schoolyard game involving deprivation of oxygen to the brain
    • Chokehold, a grappling hold performed on the neck that serves to render the opponent unconscious
  • Choke (sports), a failure to win a competition after being expected to do so

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Famous quotes containing the word choke:

    “Most modern reproducers of life, even including the camera, really repudiate it. We gulp down evil, choke at good.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “Now ‘tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted;
    Suffer them now, and they’ll outgrow the garden,
    And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)