Meanings
plural choke collars
- A dog's collar which tightens itself so as to choke the dog, when it pulls the leash. Used especially for training.
When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLCSynonyms: choke chain
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dog's collar which tightens itself so as to choke the dog, when it pulls the leash. Used especially for training.
Translations
Finnish kuristuskaulapanta
- kuristuskaulapantatype of collar
French chaîne d’étranglement
- chaîne d’étranglementtype of collar
German Würgehalsband
- Würgehalsbandtype of collar
Russian уда́вка
- уда́вка (udávka)type of collar
Spanish cadena estranguladora
- cadena estranguladoratype of collar
Swedish strypkoppel
- strypkoppeltype of collar
Cite this entry
choke collar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choke%20collar
“choke collar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choke%20collar. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “choke collar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/choke%20collar.
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