Meaning of Choker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
2. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
3. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
4. Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.
   slang
5. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
6. A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.

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Examples

“After half a minute or so there was a shuffle of feet outside. The door was opened, and a head appeared. It was a small head with a tweed cap on the top of it. It had a stringy-looking choker beneath and a dark unshavenness across its face.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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