choak

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A form of choke — 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).

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Meanings

verbchoak (third-person singular simple present choaks, present participle choaking, simple past and past participle choaked)

present singular third person choaks · participle present choaking · participle past choaked · past choaked

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of choke.

    The worm will of course be at the bottom, for no float is to be used, and when the barbel takes the bait, the bullet will lay on the ground and not choak him.

    1807, Thomas Best, A Concise Treatise on the Art of Angling, 4th edition
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    At that time, the interior was choaked up with rubbish, several feet above the present surface, and overspread with ashlings, alders, and trees, the growth of such situations, to a very considerable height.

    1806, Charles Heath, Monmouthshire

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“choak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choak.

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