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Chokeys
- noun - British slang (dated) for a prison
Chokies
- noun - British slang (dated) for a prison
Choking
- verb - a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
- be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
- become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
- cause to retch or choke
- check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her anger"
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffoc
Cholate
- - A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.
Choleic
- - Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid.
Cholera
- noun - an acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food
Cholers
- noun - a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger
- a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- an irritable petulant feeling
Choline
- noun - a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat
Chollas
- noun - arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico