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 |
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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. |