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chokey

/ˈt͡ʃəʊki/US/ˈt͡ʃoʊki/

chokey adjective: reminiscent of choking.

Adjective

chokey (comparative more chokey, superlative most chokey)

  1. Reminiscent of choking.
    • The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.1857, Thomas Hughes, “Chapter 4”, in Tom Brown's School Days

Noun

chokey (countable and uncountable, plural chokeys)

  1. (UK, dated) Prison.
  2. (South-Asia, historical) A station, as for police, customs agents, palanquin-bearers, etc.

Forms of chokey

Adjective
comparativemore chokey
superlativemost chokey
Noun
pluralchokeys

Origin of chokey

From choke + -y.

Borrowed from Hindi चौकी (caukī) and Urdu چَوکی (caukī, “post, police station, etc.”).

Words formed from chokey

Words that rhyme with chokey

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Questions about chokey

What does chokey mean?
Chokey means reminiscent of choking.
What part of speech is chokey?
Chokey can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce chokey?
Chokey is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃəʊki/ (UK).

Words near chokey in the dictionary

  1. chokestrap
  2. chokestraps
  3. choketh
  4. chokeweed
  5. chokeweeds
  6. chokey
  7. chokeys
  8. chokha
  9. chokhas
  10. Chokhma
  11. Chokhmah

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