choke

/tʃəʊk/ verb

Translation

STOP BREATHING [I, T] › If you choke, or if something chokes you, you stop breathing because something is blocking your throat.

nefesi tıka(n)mak, boğ(ul)mak, boğazına bir şey kaçmak

Children can choke on peanuts.578

FILL [T] ( also choke up) › to fill something such as a road or pipe so that nothing can pass through

tıkamak, tıkanmak

[often passive] The roads were choked with traffic.1927

choke sth back phrasal verb

› to try not to show how angry or upset you are

(kızgınlık, duygu vb.) bastırmak, göstermemeye çalışmak, kendini tutmak

She ran to the door, choking back the tears.18631077

choke (sb) up phrasal verb

› to become unable to speak because you are starting to cry

ağlamaklıyken konuşamamak, tıkanmak

I can't watch that movie without choking up.21421077

(Definition of choke verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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