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choky [choh-kee] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for choky on Thesaurus.com adjective, chok·i·er, chok·i·est.
- tending to choke: a choky collar.
Origin of choky First recorded in 1570–80; choke + -y1 Related Words for choky tight, heavy, confined, sweltering, stifling, stale, thick, choky, breathless, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, sticky, stuffy, sultry, uncomfortable, airless, fusty Examples from the Web for choky Historical Examples of choky
Already the air of the crowded chamber was choky with heat and rancid with smell.
Irvin S. Cobb
Presently he slept, too, with the choky snores of a very weary man.
Irvin S. Cobb
Then he said, sort of choky: “Tell me, Mary, how are our dear little girls?”
Thomas A. Janvier
The air is the pure air of heaven, not the choky stuff of the metropolis.
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army
S. Emma E. Edmonds
Barbara has a cold—a nasty, stuffy, choky cold; so I must do without her.
Rhoda Broughton
British Dictionary definitions for choky choky chokey adjective chokier or chokiest
- involving, caused by, or causing choking