choker

From choke +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃəʊkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɚ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)

choker (plural chokers)

1. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292:

     Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.

   • 2010, Alice Fisher, The Observer, 24 Oct 2010:

     She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage is obscured.

2. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
   • 1990, Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband, Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series (page 199)

     The Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Shakespeare, is pursued by Dalziel and Pascoe.

3. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
4. (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.

   I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!

5. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
6. A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.

• (one who chokes another): strangler
• (slang: disappointing or upsetting circumstance): bummer, downer, pisser

• Kocher, hocker

Borrowed from English choke.

• IPA^(key): /tʃo.ke/

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• Homophones: chokai, choké, chokée, chokées, chokés, chokez

choker

1. (Quebec, transitive, intransitive) to choke
2. (Quebec, figuratively, by extension) to stop, to inhibit, to prevent

Borrowed from English choker.

choker c

1. a choker