Choking vs. Chocking — What's the Difference?

Choking occurs when breathing is impeded by a constricted or obstructed throat or windpipe. In some cases, the airflow is completely blocked, and in other cases, insufficient air passes through to the lungs, resulting in oxygen deprivation.

A block or wedge placed under something else, such as a wheel, to keep it from moving.

To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.

(Nautical) A heavy fitting of metal or wood with two jaws curving inward, through which a rope or cable may be run.

To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of

To fit with or secure by a chock

To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging

(Nautical) To place (a boat) on blocks or wedges.

To fill up completely; jam

As close as possible

To reduce the air intake of (a carburetor), thereby enriching the fuel mixture.

Present participle of chock

(Sports) To grip (a bat or racket, for example) at a point nearer the hitting surface.

To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.

To become blocked up or obstructed.

(Sports) To shorten one's grip on the handle of a bat or racket. Often used with up.

To fail to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension, especially in an athletic contest

The act or sound of choking.

Something that constricts or chokes.

A slight narrowing of the barrel of a shotgun serving to concentrate the shot.

A device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor.

The fibrous inedible center of an artichoke head.

The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.

The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.

The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.

Present participle of choke

That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

A condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)

The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe;