Choke

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Choke may refer to:

• Choking, obstruction of airflow into the lungs
  • Choke (horse), a condition in horses in which the esophagus is blocked
  • Choking game, a schoolyard game involving deprivation of oxygen to the brain
  • Chokehold, a grappling hold performed on the neck that serves to render the opponent unconscious
• Choke (sports), a failure to win a competition after being expected to do so

• • The Choke, a name used in Houston for an American football comeback victory by the Buffalo Bills over the Houston Oilers

Science and technology

• Choke (electronics), an inductor used to block signals of particular frequencies
• Choked flow, a restriction of fluid flow under pressure, in which the fluid reaches sonic flow
• Choke point, a constriction in a conduit or transport system, e.g. a narrowing of a road
• Choke valve, a valve used to control the fuel-air mixture in internal combustion engines
• Spreading and choking, a technique in printing for adjusting colors in the production of color separations
• Damping (music) or Dampening, a guitar-playing technique in which the sound is reduced by pressing the palm against the strings
• Choke (firearms), a tapered constriction of the gun barrel's bore at the muzzle end

Entertainment

• Choke (novel), a 2001 novel by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Choke (film), a 2008 film based on the novel by Palahniuk
• Choke (band), a Canadian band
• Choke (music collective), a musical group in Bristol, England
• "Choke", a song off the album Aneurythm by Living Syndication
• "Choke", a 2001 song off the album Echo Park by Feeder
• "Choke", a song off the album Sorry for Partyin' by Bowling for Soup
• Choke (album), an album by The Beautiful South
• Choke (EP), an EP by Kiss It Goodbye
• "Choke" (song), a 1998 song by Sepultura
• "Choke" (Glee), an episode of Glee
• Choke (2001 film), a psychological thriller directed by John M. Sjogren
• Choke (1999 film), a documentary covering Rickson Gracie's preparation for the 1995 Vale Tudo Fighting Championship

Other uses

• Choke Yasuoka (born 1973), wheelchair racer
• Choke pear (disambiguation), a variety of pear and a variety of gag
• Chokecherry, a suckering shrub or small tree, a species of bird cherry
• Chowk (disambiguation) (pronounced as the English Choke), in Hindi-Urdu, is a place where paths intersect
• Globe artichoke

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