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Chiselling
- verb - carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble"
- deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
- engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
Choke Back
- verb - suppress; "He choked down his rage"
Choke Coil
- noun - a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
Choke Damp
- - See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.
Choke Down
- verb - suppress; "He choked down his rage"
Choke Hold
- noun - a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"
Choke Pear
- - A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.
Choke-Full
- adjective - packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish"
Chokeberry
- - The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
Chokedamps
- noun - the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life