(nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.
(obsolete) An encounter.
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To fill up, as a cavity.
(nautical) To insert a line in a chock.
(obsolete) To encounter.
(transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
To make a dull sound.
choke
choke
noun
(electronics) A choking coil.
(sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
verb
(golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
(intransitive) To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
(intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
(intransitive) To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
(intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
(intransitive, fluid mechanics, of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
(transitive) To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
(transitive) To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
(transitive) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
(transitive) To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
(transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
(transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
(transitive) To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
(transitive) To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
choko
choko
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A chayote.
A small handleless cup in which saké is served.
choky
choky
adj
Alternative form of chokey
chonk
chonk
adj
(slang, of an animal) Adorably fat or large.
noun
(slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.
Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”)
chook
chook
intj
(Australia) A call made to chickens.
An imitation of the call of a chicken.
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A chicken, especially a hen.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking.
(Australia, dated) A fool.
chowk
chowk
noun
(India, Pakistan) A courtyard.
(India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.
(India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).
hakon
hawok
hocks
hocks
noun
plural of hock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hock
hocky
hoick
hoick
noun
Alternative spelling of hoik
hokah
hokan
hokan
Proper noun
A hypothetical grouping of a dozen small language families spoken in California, Arizona, and Mexico.
hoked
hoked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hoke
hoker
hokes
hokes
noun
plural of hoke
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hoke
hokey
hokey
adj
(US, colloquial) Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.
(US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.
hokku
hokku
noun
(poetry) Synonym of haiku (“type of Japanese poem”)
hokum
hokum
noun
(countable, informal) A film, television programme, theater production, etc., containing excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material.
(countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) excessively contrived, hackneyed, or sentimental material in a film, television programme, theater production, etc.
(countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.
(uncountable, music) A genre of blues song or music, often characterized by sexual innuendos or satire.
holks
holks
noun
plural of holk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of holk
honks
honks
noun
plural of honk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of honk
honky
honky
noun
(Canada, US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.
(US, obsolete) A factory hand or general unskilled worker.
hooka
hooke
hooke
noun
Obsolete spelling of hook
hooks
hooks
noun
plural of hook
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hook
hooky
hooky
adj
(UK, slang) Dodgy; crooked; illicit.
Full of hooks (all senses).
Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.
noun
Absence from school or work; truancy.
hopak
hopak
noun
A Ukrainian national dance in 2/4 time.
houck
howks
hurok
kehoe
keogh
khano
khios
khoin
khoja
khoja
Noun
A member of a Gujarati-speaking Shiite sect who take the Aga Khan as their religious head.
khoka
khond
khond
Noun
Any member of an aboriginal hunter-gatherer tribe of India, inhabiting the tributary states of Orissa and Srikakulam.
khosa
khoum
khoum
noun
Synonym of khoums
klosh
kochi
kohen
kohen
noun
(Judaism) Alternative spelling of cohen
kohls
kohls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kohl
kohua
kophs
kophs
noun
plural of koph
korah
kosha
kosha
noun
(philosophy) Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy.
A particular type of Sanskrit dictionary.
koshu
krogh
mokha
okehs
okehs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of okeh
shako
shako
noun
(Britain) A bearskin or busby.
A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
The squilla or mantis shrimp.
shiko
shiko
noun
(sumo) One of the basic sumo exercises, in which the rikishi raises a leg high in the air to the side, then brings it down with a stamp. It is also performed on the dohyo to drive away bad spirits.
A posture of prostration in Burma.
shkod
shock
shock
adj
Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.
noun
(automotive, mechanical engineering) A shock absorber (typically in the suspension of a vehicle).
(by extension) A tuft or bunch of something, such as hair or grass.
(commerce, dated) A lot consisting of sixty pieces; a term applied in some Baltic ports to loose goods.
(figuratively) Something so surprising that it is stunning.
(mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
(medicine) Circulatory shock, a medical emergency characterized by the inability of the circulatory system to supply enough oxygen to meet tissue requirements.
(medicine) Electric shock, a sudden burst of electrical energy hitting a person or animal.
(obsolete) A small dog with long shaggy hair, especially a poodle or spitz; a shaggy lapdog.
(physics) A shock wave.
(psychology) A state of distress following a mental or emotional disturbance.
(psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.
A chemical added to a swimming pool to moderate the chlorine levels.
A sudden, heavy impact.
An arrangement of sheaves for drying; a stook.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
(transitive) To add a chemical to (a swimming pool) to moderate the chlorine levels.
(transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.
(transitive) To collect, or make up, into a shock or shocks; to stook.
(transitive) To give an electric shock to.
(transitive) To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
shook
shook
adj
(slang) Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
Emotionally upset or disturbed; scared
noun
A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
The parts of a piece of house furniture, as a bedstead, packed together.
verb
(now informal) past participle of shake
To pack (staves, etc.) in a shook.
simple past tense of shake.
thock
thock
intj
A clear, echoing thud, as of an axe chopping wood.