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choky

choky is the alternative form of chokey.

Meaning of chokey

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

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Forms of choky

Adjective
comparativechokier
superlativechokiest
Noun
pluralchokies

Origin of choky

From choke + -y.

Words formed from choky

Questions about choky

What is choky the alternative form of?
Choky is the alternative form of chokey.

Words near choky in the dictionary

  1. chokri
  2. chokris
  3. Chokshi
  4. Chokshis
  5. Chokwe
  6. choky
  7. chol
  8. Chol HaMoed
  9. chola
  10. Chola Empire
  11. cholaemia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: choky (page history and authors); chokey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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