Choky

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  • adjective. Likely to cause choking.
  • adjective. Tending to become choked.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to choke or suffocate: as, the air of the room was quite choky.
  • Inclined to choke, as with emotion.
  • noun. A prison; a lockup; also, a customs- or toll-station; a palanquin-station.
  • noun. The act of watching or guarding.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
  • adjective. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.
  • noun. A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.
  • noun. Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail.
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  • adjective. reminiscent of choking
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. so tight as to tend to choke
  • noun. British slang (dated) for a prison
    • Word Usage
    "Indeed, for a moment or two, she was almost frightened -- her heart beat so fast, and there was such a "choky" feeling in her throat."
    Equivalent
    chokey  tight  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prison  prison house  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    big-bore  by the book  cedarwood  copal  daughterly  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    jail  
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