choke 1 adj. Applicable to what chokes or suffocates. 2 m Rope that was put around the neck of those who were going to be hanged. 3 Rope or strap of the cavalry garrison that presses the neck. 4 Choker (collar). 5 Site where there is a lot of competition or agglomeration of people. 6 Hot water cauldron where the silk cocoons are drowned.