To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
A choking coil.
In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
To check, restrain or control.
To rein in.
To bend or curve.
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
To crouch; to cringe.
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
To bring to a stop beside a curb.
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.