Choke

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A choke may be:

• Choking, obstruction of airflow into an organism's lungs
  • Choke (horse), a condition in horses in which the esophagus is blocked
• Choked flow, a restriction of a gas or fluid flow under pressure
  • Choke valve, a valve used in the carburetor of internal combustion engines to enrich the fuel-air mixture during startup
• Chokehold, a grappling hold performed on the neck that aims to render the opponent unconscious
• Choking game, a schoolyard game of unconsciousness or near unconsciousness that is potentially lethal
• Choke pear, a variety of pear and a variety of gag
• Chokecherry, a suckering shrub or small tree, a species of bird cherry
• Choke point, a constriction in a conduit or transport system, e.g. a narrowing of a road
• Choke (electronics), an inductor used to block signals of particular frequencies
• Choke (sports), a failure to win a competition after an initial large lead

Choke may also refer to:

• A choke in a shotgun is a restriction or narrowing of the barrel, intended to tighten the shot pattern
• Spreading and choking, a technique in printing for adjusting colors in the production of color separations
• In informal speech, choke can mean artichoke. More specifically, choke may be a "cute" name for the fuzzy/spiky stuff just above the artichoke heart.
• Dampening guitar technique

In artistic works and groups:

• Choke (novel), a novel by Chuck Palahniuk
• Choke (music collective), a musical group in Bristol, England
• Choke (album), the second album of The Beautiful South band
• Choke is the name of a song by Living Syndication
• Choke, a film about Rickson Gracie's preparation for the Vale Tudo Fighting Championship '95 in Tokyo

Choke is also a proper name of:

• Choke Yasuoka, a wheelchair racer