CHOKY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choky mean? 

• CHOKY (noun)
  The noun CHOKY has 1 sense:

1. British slang (dated) for a prison

  Familiarity information: CHOKY used as a noun is very rare.

• CHOKY (adjective)
  The adjective CHOKY has 1 sense:

1. so tight as to tend to choke

  Familiarity information: CHOKY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOKY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

British slang (dated) for a prison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chokey; choky

Hypernyms ("choky" is a kind of...):

prison; prison house (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)

• CHOKY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

So tight as to tend to choke

Context example:

a choky collar

Similar:

tight (closely constrained or constricted or constricting)

 Context examples 

Laurie drew his hand across his eyes, but could not speak till he had subdued the choky feeling in his throat and steadied his lips.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

We shook hands, and he was so earnest and so kind that it made me quite choky.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Laurie was a young lover, but he was in earnest, and meant to 'have it out', if he died in the attempt, so he plunged into the subject with characteristic impetuousity, saying in a voice that would get choky now and then, in spite of manful efforts to keep it steady...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)