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choke meaning in Tamil

அடைப்பு

/t͡ʃəʊk/US/t͡ʃoʊk/

choke in Tamil: அடைப்பு, காற்றை நெரிக்கும் கருவி, நெரி, அடை. In English, choke means 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).

Tamil words for choke

அடைப்பு, காற்றை நெரிக்கும் கருவி, நெரி, அடை

English meaning of choke

  1. verb 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).
  2. verb To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
  3. verb To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
  4. verb To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).

Full definition of choke

choke in a sentence

  • Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
  • The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.
  • to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud

Synonyms of choke

All synonyms of choke

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Questions about choke in Tamil

What is the meaning of choke in Tamil?
Choke in Tamil is அடைப்பு, காற்றை நெரிக்கும் கருவி, நெரி, அடை.
choke என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Choke: அடைப்பு, காற்றை நெரிக்கும் கருவி, நெரி, அடை.
What does choke mean in English?
Choke means 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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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: choke (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: choke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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