Lexic.us

Definition of Choker

1. Noun. Someone who kills by strangling.

2. Noun. An unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation. "He could win if he wasn't a choker"

3. Noun. Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck.

4. Noun. A high tight collar.

Definition of Choker

1. n. One who, or that which, chokes.

Definition of Choker

1. Noun. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace, tight to the throat. ¹

2. Noun. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles. ¹

3. Noun. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition. ¹

4. Noun. (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Choker

1. one that chokes [n -S] - See also: chokes

Medical Definition of Choker

1. A cable loop that is attached to a log during the yarding process. (05 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choker

chokebores chokecherries chokecherry chokecherry tree choked choked disk choked the chicken chokedamp chokedamps chokedar

chokedars chokehold chokeholds chokepoint chokepoints choker (current term) chokers chokes chokes the chicken chokeslam

choketh chokey chokeys chokidar chokidars chokier chokies chokiest choking choking bloom

Literary usage of Choker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1856)
"In a well- furnished room at a beautiful little suburban villa, Mr. White choker was seated upon a soi» with the mistress whom Madame Angélique liad so ..."

2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"I'll take off his choker and make him easy about the neck, and then we'll shut him up and leave him. Why, the beggar's asleep already. 1855. ..."

3. Critical Essays of the Early Nineteenth Century by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1921)
"KEATS'S "ENDYMION" JOHN WILSON choker [This famous review, falsely reputed to have wounded Keats so deeply as to cause his death, appeared in the Quarterly ..."

4. Catalogue of the Historical Library of Andrew Dickson White, First President by Andrew Dickson White, George Lincoln Burr (1894)
"choker, JW Louis XVI and Marie DÉCOUVERTE d'un complot d'égorger l'Assemblée nationale et du projet de tenter une nouvelle fuite de Louis. ..."

5. The Irrigation treatment of gonorrhœa: Its Local Complications and Sequelæ by Ferdinand Charles Valentine (1900)
"A second " choker " about three to four inches wide is now firmly wrapped around the root of the tumor covering the first " choker " and holding the four ..."

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