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Definition: Choker |
ChokerNoun1. Someone who kills by strangling. 2. 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. Necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck. 4. A high tight collar. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | A shot taken with the camera nearer to the subject than would be necessary for a close-up. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Shot taken with the camera nearer to the subject than would be necessary for a close-up. . Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | A noose of steel cable or a loop of chain, that is tightened round a log and terminates in a hook(the choker hook)or other fastening device for attaching to a butt hook. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Choker (A). A neckcloth. A white choker is a white neckcloth or necktie, worn in full dress, and generally by waiters and clergymen. Of course, the verb to choke has supplied the word. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A chain or cable so fastened that it tightens on its load as it is pulled. (references) |
Occupations | A noose of wire rope hitched about a log by means of which logs are skidded overground. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ChokerSynonyms: collar (n), dog collar (n), garroter (n), garrotter (n), neck ruff (n), neckband (n), ruff (n), ruffle (n), strangler (n), throttler (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: stropped (food & agriculture, mechanical engineering). |
Crosswords: Choker |
| Specialty definitions using "choker": CHOKE SETTER ♦ RIGGING SLINGER. (references) |
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 | Plate 41. The American Sole or "Hog Choker." Achirus lineatus, Cuv. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Choker Setters getting ready for the timber sale. Credit: Carol Kauder. |
 | Bronze relief plaque dating from the 16th century A.D., depicting a nobleman with his high "choker" of coral beads and two attendants, from the Kingdom of Benin, S. Nigeria. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Silver Necklace" by Christie Ortiz Commentary: "My silver choker & i have no idea at what angle i took this..." |
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| "Choker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Choker" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "choker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mbytës (killing, muggy, overpowering, slaughterer, smothery, stuffy, suffocating, suffocator, sultry). (various references) | |
Arabic | قلادة (collar, necklace, pendant), غدا الرأس. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удушвач (strangler), огърлица (beads, chaplet, necklace, necklet). (various references) | |
Chinese | 窒息物. (various references) | |
Danish | makrooptagelse (big close up), kaedestrop (strop), gasspjæld (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve). (various references) | |
Dutch | smoorklep (choke, pressure reducer, reducing valve, throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), hulpstoep (strop), gasklep (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), extreme close-up (big close up). (various references) | |
Finnish | silmukka (eyelet, loop, mesh, noose, stitch coil), juontosilmukka (strop). (various references) | |
French | collier à boucle, volet des gaz, très gros plan, TGP, papillon des gaz, foulard, écharpe. (various references) | |
German | enger Kragen. (various references) | |
Greek | κολλητό περιδέραιο, συρματόσχοινο μετατοπίσεως (drag line, strop), σφικτό περιδέραιο, πεταλούδα στραγγαλισμού (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), πολύ κοντινό πλάνο (big close up). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rövid lánc (collar, neckband). (various references) | |
Italian | collegamento di estremità (strop), collana girocollo, cavo a strozzo (strop), valvola del gas (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), strozzatore, strangolatore (slayer), soffocatore, primissimo piano (big close up), farfalla di chiusura (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), farfalla dell'acceleratore (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), dettaglio (detail, particular). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 首輪 (necklace), 首輪 (necklace). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くびわ (collar, necklace). (various references) | |
Manx | carvat ard. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | okerchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | colarinho duro, sufocador, lenço de pescoço (ascot, scarf), gravata (cravat, daylight, neckcloth, necktie, scarf, tie), estropo (grummet, sling), borboleta do acelerador (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), afogador (choke, drowner). (various references) | |
Romanian | cravatã (cravat, neckcloth, neckerchief, necklace, necktie, neck-tie, overlay, scarf, tie), ucigaş (assassin, bloodthirsty, bravo, cut throat, deadly, fatal, felon, homicidal, homicide, killer, murderer, murderous, sanguinary, thug), guler tare (stand-up collar). (various references) | |
Russian | белый галстук, душитель. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | visoki okovratnik, kratka ogrlica, davilac (thug). (various references) | |
Spanish | gargantilla. (various references) | |
Swedish | stropp (loop, strap, tag), lunnkoppel (strop), kraghalsband, hög krage, fadermördare (parricide, patricide). (various references) | |
Thai | ผ้าที่พันรอบลำคอ, สร้อยคอที่สวมติดรอบลำคอ. (various references) | |
Turkish | gerdanlık (neckband, necklace), boğazlı yaka, boğan kimse, boğan şey. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стоячий високий комір, горжетка (boa, neckpiece), душитель, дросельна заслінка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cái làm nghẹt, người bóp cổ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "choker": chokers. (additional references) | |
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"Choker" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chakari, Chakori, Chhakuri, chikar, chikeee, chocar, chofer, Chokee, choken, Chokwe, choner, chooner, chucer, chukar, Chukara, chuker, chumer, Chunker, Cokar, Gholkar, Keker, Mccosker, Schmoke, Schmookler, Schokel, Schoukerk. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "choker" (pronounced 'Chok"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hocker. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-k-o-r" | |
-1 letter: choke, chore, ocher, ochre, ocker. | |
-2 letters: cero, coke, core, cork, echo, heck, hero, hock, hoer, hoke, kore, okeh, reck, rock. | |
-3 letters: cor, her, hoe, kor, oke, orc, ore, rec, rho, roc, roe. | |
-4 letters: eh, er, he, ho, oe, oh, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-k-o-r" | |
+1 letter: chokers, chokier, hockers, kerchoo, shocker. | |
+2 letters: checkrow, havocker, sherlock, shockers. | |
+3 letters: artichoke, checkroom, checkrows, cockhorse, forecheck, foreshock, hackamore, havockers, hickories, horseback, packhorse, roughneck, schnorkel, sherlocks, shortcake, workbench. | |
+4 letters: aftershock, artichokes, checkrooms, checkrowed, chickories, chokeberry, cockchafer, cockhorses, cornhusker, crosscheck, forechecks, foreshocks, hackamores, hammerlock, horsebacks, orchidlike, packhorses, rockfishes, rockhopper, roughnecks, schnorkels, shortcakes. | |
+5 letters: aftershocks, archdukedom, breechblock, checkrowing, chokecherry, cockchafers, cockroaches, cornhuskers, crosschecks, forechecked, forechecker, hammerlocks, kinetochore, ostrichlike, pitchforked, rockhoppers, schnorkeled, stockholder, weathercock, workbenches. | |
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