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choky
(encz) | choky,dusivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Choky
(gcide) | Choky \Chok"y\ Chokey \Chok"ey\, a.
1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to
suffocate.
[1913 Webster]
2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong
emotion. "A deep and choky voice." --Aytoun.
[1913 Webster]
The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather
chokey. --T. Hughes.
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Choky
(gcide) | Choky \Cho"ky\, n. [From Hind. chauki watching, guard.]
1. A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin
bearers, police, etc. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail. [India, or Slang,
Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
choky
(wn) | choky
adj 1: so tight as to tend to choke; "a choky collar"
n 1: British slang (dated) for a prison [syn: chokey, choky] |
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Choky
(gcide) | Choky \Chok"y\ Chokey \Chok"ey\, a.
1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to
suffocate.
[1913 Webster]
2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong
emotion. "A deep and choky voice." --Aytoun.
[1913 Webster]
The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather
chokey. --T. Hughes.
[1913 Webster]Choky \Cho"ky\, n. [From Hind. chauki watching, guard.]
1. A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin
bearers, police, etc. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail. [India, or Slang,
Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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