## Meanings
1. To be unable to breathe because something is blocking your throat.
2. To stop someone breathing by pressing on or blocking their throat.
3. To find it hard to breathe or speak because of strong emotion.
4. To fail to perform well at a key moment because of nervousness.

## Examples
- Ever since he choked on a fish bone, he eats fish carefully.
- The tight collar was almost choking him.
- She choked up as she spoke about her late friend.
- The team should have won easily but choked in the final.

## Derived Forms
- chokable
- choke-children
- choke-dog
- choke-full
- choke-hold
- choke-me
- choke-priest
- chokeberry
- chokebore
- chokecherry
- chokecoil
- chokedamp

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: choken
- Root: āċēocian
- Root: ċēoce

## Etymology
From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), koka (“to gulp”). See also achoke.

## AI Etymology
choke is a verb. It is from Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), koka (“to gulp”). See also achoke. Historical forms in the chain include choken (Middle English), āċēocian (Old English), and ċēoce (Old English). Current senses include to be unable to breathe because something is blocking your throat, to stop someone breathing by pressing on or blocking their throat, and to find it hard to breathe or speak because of strong emotion. Derived forms include chokable, choke-children, choke-dog, choke-full, and choke-hold.

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