·noun The tied end of a cartridge.
II. Choke ·noun A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, ·etc.
III. Choke ·vt To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.
IV. Choke ·vi To be checked, as if by choking; to Stick.
V. Choke ·vt To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling.
VI. Choke ·vt To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
VII. Choke ·noun A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.
VIII. Choke ·vt To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, ·etc.; to Stifle.
IX. Choke ·vi To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.
X. Choke ·vt To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to Stifle; to Suffocate; to Strangle.