Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗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 prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe. · 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).
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold. · In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation. · A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot. · A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), koka (“to gulp”). See also achoke.
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