Choky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Likely to cause choking.
  • adj. Tending to become choked.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. reminiscent of choking
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
  • adj. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.
  • n. A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.
  • n. Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail.
    • 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.
  • n. A prison; a lockup; also, a customs- or toll-station; a palanquin-station.
  • n. The act of watching or guarding.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. so tight as to tend to choke
  • n. British slang (dated) for a prison
    • Equivalent
    tight    chokey   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prison house    prison   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    jail   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    big-bore    empty-looking    red-curtained    kyphii    self-doubting   
     
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