| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| choak | verb t. & i. | See Choke. |
| chock | verb t. | To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask., To fill up, as a cavity., A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it., A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc., Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft., To encounter., An encounter. |
| chode | the old imp. of chide. See Chide. | |
| choir | noun | A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service., That part of a church appropriated to the singers., The chancel. |
| choke | verb t. | To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle., To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up., To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle., To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling., To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun., To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled., To be checked, as if by choking; to stick., A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation., The tied end of a cartridge., A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc. |
| chomp | verb i. | To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. |
| chose | imp. | of Choose, of Choose, A thing; personal property., imp. & p. p. of Choose. |
| chops | noun pl. | The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth., The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel. |
| chord | noun | The string of a musical instrument., A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord., A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve., A cord. See Cord, n., 4., The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension., To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune., To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that. |
| chore | noun | A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors., To do chores., A choir or chorus. |
| chout | noun | An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue. |