choky

/'tʃouki/

Thân thiện

The tight collar felt choky around his neck.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Tight and constricting, especially around the neck: Describes something that fits so closely it feels like it is choking or strangling the wearer.
   • Causing a feeling of being choked or suffocated: Can describe an atmosphere or situation that feels stifling, oppressive, or emotionally overwhelming.

2. Noun (British slang, dated):

   • A prison or lock-up: A colloquial and now largely archaic term for a jail.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • The collar of his new shirt was uncomfortably choky. (The tight fit made it feel like it was choking him.)
  • The room was hot and choky with smoke. (The smoky atmosphere made it difficult to breathe.)
  • She felt a choky sensation in her throat when she heard the sad news. (She felt a constricting, emotional tightness.)

• Noun:

  • The thief was thrown into the choky for the night. (The thief was put in the local jail overnight.)

Advanced Usage

• "choky little room": A small, cramped, and stifling room.
  • They met in a choky little room at the back of the pub.
• Used to describe abstract feelings of constriction.
  • A choky feeling of guilt kept him silent. (A suffocating feeling.)

Variants and Related Words

• Choke (verb): To have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat; to hinder or stop the growth, development, or activity of.
• Choking (adjective): Causing someone to choke.
• Choker (noun): A close-fitting necklace or a high, tight collar.

Synonyms

• Adjective (tight): Constricting, tight, strangling, suffocating.
• Adjective (stifling): Oppressive, stifling, suffocating, airless, close.
• Noun (prison): Jail, lock-up, clink (slang), brig, cooler (slang).

Related Phrases

• "Feel choky": To experience a tight, constricted feeling in the throat, often due to strong emotion.
  • I feel all choky just thinking about her leaving.
• "Choky atmosphere": An environment that feels oppressive and difficult to breathe in, either literally or figuratively.
  • The tension in the office created a choky atmosphere.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. so tight as to tend to choke
   • a choky collar

Noun

1. British slang (dated) for a prison

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