choked
/t͡ʃoʊkt/ adjective B2- Having been unable to breathe due to airway obstruction (choking) or strangulation, but usually to the point of pain and discomfort without death.
- Blocked or obstructed by thick material, often plant growth.
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The idea tickled Gregson so much that he laughed until he choked.
Fleet Street was choked with red-headed folk, and Pope’s Court looked like a coster’s orange barrow.
Oh, you know it, tell them, tell them!” And the young man’s voice was choked by sobs.
“I hate you,” she cried in a choked voice, stamping her foot on the floor.
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