choke
verb / noun
Meaning
- verbTo 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).
Example:
Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
- nounA control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- nounThe mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Five-letter puzzle facts
- How common
- Very common
- #868 of 8,600 five-letter words by how often they're used
- Can be a Play Five answer
- As a first guess
- Tests likely letters better than 52% of common five-letter words.
- Vowels: 2 · Different letters: 5 · Repeated letters: None