choker

From choke +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃəʊkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɚ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)

choker (plural chokers)

1. (fashion) A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292:

     Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.

   • 2010 October 24, Alice Fisher, “Lara Stone: 'I think naughty photoshoots suit my personality'”, in The Observer‎:

     She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage is obscured.

   • 2023 September 26, Jess Cartner-Morley, “Dior opens Paris fashion week with feminist sloganeering on the catwalk”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The words: “Take your hands off when I say no, take your eyes off when I say no” were spelled out on video screens as the first model marched past in loose black layers, a punky choker and black shoes.

2. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.

   Synonym: strangler

   • 1990, Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband, Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series, page 199:

     The Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Shakespeare, is pursued by Dalziel and Pascoe.

3. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
4. (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.

   Synonyms: bummer, downer, pisser

   I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!

5. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.

   The choker tag will always follow the Proteas until we win a trophy — w:Temba Bavuma

6. A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.

• Kocher, hocker

Borrowed from English choke.

• IPA^(key): /tʃo.ke/

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• Homophones: chokai, choké, chokée, chokées, chokés, chokez

choker

1. (Quebec, transitive, intransitive) to choke
2. (Quebec, figuratively, by extension) to stop, to inhibit, to prevent

Borrowed from English choker.

choker c

1. a choker