choke in English: To be unable to breathe because something is stuck in your throat or pressing on it. (verb)

Translation

To be unable to breathe because something is stuck in your throat or pressing on it.

Word origin

From Old English aceocian, probably related to the old word for cheek or jaw.

Verb typeregular (choke, chokes, choked)

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Choke on something means it is stuck in your throat.

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Smoke can also make you choke and cough.

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Chewing well helps food go down safely.

throat

The front of your neck, and the tube inside it that food and air pass through.

breathe

To take air into your body and let it out again.

neck

The part of the body that joins the head to the rest of the body.

cough

To push air out of your throat suddenly with a rough noise.

swallow

To make food or drink go down your throat.

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