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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.

Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.

“A deep and choky voice.”

Aytoun.

The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather

chokey

T. Hughes.

chokey ‎(comparative more chokey, superlative most chokey)

Reminiscent of choking.
- Ted Hughes
  The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.

chokey ‎(plural chokeys)

(dated, Britain) prison
(India, historical) A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.