• Finnish: rikastin, ryyppy

• Finnish: kuristusote

Derived terms

• choker
• choke collar

See also

• strangle

"Choke" may be used in the following ways:

• Choking, obstruction of airflow into an organism's lungs

• Choke (horse), a condition in horses in which the esophagus is blocked

• Choking, loss of Confidence

• Choke (sports), a failure to win a competition after being expected to do so

• Chokehold, a grappling hold performed on the neck that aims to render the opponent unconscious
• Choking game, a schoolyard game of unconsciousness or near unconsciousness that is potentially lethal

• A choke in a shotgun is a restriction or narrowing of the barrel, intended to tighten the shot pattern
• Spreading and choking, a technique in printing for adjusting colors in the production of color separations
• Dampening musical technique
• Short form of choke valve, as used in automotive engines

Engineering and Informatics:

• Choked flow, a restriction of a gas or fluid flow under pressure where the gas speed reaches sonic flow at the narrowest part
  • Choke valve, a valve used in the carburetor of internal combustion engines to enrich the fuel-air mixture during startup
• Choke point, a constriction in a conduit or transport system, e.g. a narrowing of a road
• Choke (electronics), an inductor used to block signals of particular frequencies
• Choking a user who is not contributing on a peer-to-peer network like BitTorrent

Plants:

• Choke pear, a variety of pear and a variety of gag
• Chokecherry, a suckering shrub or small tree, a species of bird cherry
• In informal speech, choke can mean artichoke. More specifically, choke may be a "cute" name for the fuzzy/spiky stuff just above the artichoke heart.

In artistic works and groups:

• Choke (novel), a novel by Chuck Palahniuk

• Choke (film), an upcoming film based on the novel by Palahniuk

• Choke (band), a Canadian band
• Choke (music collective), a musical group in Bristol, England
• Choke (album), the second album of The Beautiful South band
• Choke is the name of a song by Living Syndication
• Choke, a film about Rickson Gracie's preparation for the Vale Tudo Fighting Championship '95 in Tokyo

Choke is also a proper name of:

• Choke Yasuoka, a wheelchair racer

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