choker
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sense 1
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃəʊkə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)
Noun
choker (plural chokers)
- (fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
- 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292:
- Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.
- 2010 October 24, Alice Fisher, “Lara Stone: 'I think naughty photoshoots suit my personality'”, in The Observer:
- She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage is obscured.
- 2023 September 26, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Dior opens Paris fashion week with feminist sloganeering on the catwalk”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- The words: “Take your hands off when I say no, take your eyes off when I say no” were spelled out on video screens as the first model marched past in loose black layers, a punky choker and black shoes.
- One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
- Synonym: strangler
- 1990, Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband, Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series, page 199:
- The Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Shakespeare, is pursued by Dalziel and Pascoe.
- One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
- (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
- One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
- The choker tag will always follow the Proteas until we win a trophy — Temba Bavuma
- A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.
Derived terms
Translations
jewelry or accessory
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one who chokes another
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one who operates the choke of an engine
slang: disappointing or upsetting circumstance
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃo.ke/
Audio: (file) Audio (Canada): (file) - Homophones: chokai, choké, chokée, chokées, chokés, chokez
Verb
choker
- (Quebec, ambitransitive) to choke
- (Quebec, figuratively, by extension) to stop, to inhibit, to prevent
Conjugation
Conjugation of choker (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | choker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | chokant /tʃo.kɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | choké /tʃo.ke/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | choke /tʃok/ |
chokes /tʃok/ |
choke /tʃok/ |
chokons /tʃo.kɔ̃/ |
chokez /tʃo.ke/ |
chokent /tʃok/ |
| imperfect | chokais /tʃo.kɛ/ |
chokais /tʃo.kɛ/ |
chokait /tʃo.kɛ/ |
chokions /tʃo.kjɔ̃/ |
chokiez /tʃo.kje/ |
chokaient /tʃo.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | chokai /tʃo.ke/ |
chokas /tʃo.ka/ |
choka /tʃo.ka/ |
chokâmes /tʃo.kam/ |
chokâtes /tʃo.kat/ |
chokèrent /tʃo.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | chokerai /tʃo.kʁe/ |
chokeras /tʃo.kʁa/ |
chokera /tʃo.kʁa/ |
chokerons /tʃo.kʁɔ̃/ |
chokerez /tʃo.kʁe/ |
chokeront /tʃo.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | chokerais /tʃo.kʁɛ/ |
chokerais /tʃo.kʁɛ/ |
chokerait /tʃo.kʁɛ/ |
chokerions /tʃo.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
chokeriez /tʃo.kə.ʁje/ |
chokeraient /tʃo.kʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | choke /tʃok/ |
chokes /tʃok/ |
choke /tʃok/ |
chokions /tʃo.kjɔ̃/ |
chokiez /tʃo.kje/ |
chokent /tʃok/ |
| imperfect2 | chokasse /tʃo.kas/ |
chokasses /tʃo.kas/ |
chokât /tʃo.ka/ |
chokassions /tʃo.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
chokassiez /tʃo.ka.sje/ |
chokassent /tʃo.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | choke /tʃok/ |
— | chokons /tʃo.kɔ̃/ |
chokez /tʃo.ke/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
choker m
- choker (necklace)
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
choker c
- a choker
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | choker | chokers |
| definite | chokern | chokerns | |
| plural | indefinite | chokers | chokers |
| definite | chokerna | chokernas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | choker | chokers |
| definite | chokeren | chokerens | |
| plural | indefinite | chokers | chokers |
| definite | chokerna | chokernas |