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choke nghĩa là gì?

nghẹn

/t͡ʃəʊk/US/t͡ʃoʊk/

choke in Vietnamese: nghẹn, hóc, bóp cổ, sự nắm cổ người nào. 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).

Vietnamese words for choke

be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe
nghẹn, hóc
prevent someone from breathing by strangling them
bóp cổ
type of hold in wrestling etc.
sự nắm cổ người nào
constriction at a shotgun barrel
giảm

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

choke in other languages

Questions about choke in Vietnamese

What is the meaning of choke in Vietnamese?
Choke in Vietnamese is nghẹn, hóc, bóp cổ, sự nắm cổ người nào.
choke nghĩa là gì?
Choke: nghẹn, hóc, bóp cổ, sự nắm cổ người nào.
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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Adapted from Wiktionary: choke (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Vietnamese words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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