"chokehold" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoʊkˌhoʊld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chokehold.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chokeholds [plural]
Etymology: choke + hold Etymology templates: {{compound|en|choke|hold}} choke + hold Head templates: {{en-noun}} chokehold (plural chokeholds)
  1. (martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain. Categories (topical): Martial arts, Wrestling Translations (grappling hold around the neck): kvælertag [neuter] (Danish), kvørkratak [neuter] (Faroese), clé de tête [feminine] (French), Würgegriff [masculine] (German), mata-leão [masculine] (Portuguese), mataleón [masculine] (Spanish), llave mataleón [feminine] (Spanish), llave de cuello [feminine] (Spanish), strypgrepp [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chokehold-en-noun-zT2mns6b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 5 11 Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling Disambiguation of 'grappling hold around the neck': 95 5
  2. (by extension) A strong and powerful grasp on something Tags: broadly Translations (strong and powerful grasp on something): kvørkratak [neuter] (Faroese), Würgegriff [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-chokehold-en-noun-zVqMVwml Disambiguation of 'strong and powerful grasp on something': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: choke hold, choke-hold Related terms: neckhold, sleeper hold, stranglehold

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃoʊkˌhoʊld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chokehold.wav [Southern-England] Forms: chokeholds [present, singular, third-person], chokeholding [participle, present], chokeheld [participle, past], chokeheld [past]
Etymology: choke + hold Etymology templates: {{compound|en|choke|hold}} choke + hold Head templates: {{en-verb|||chokeheld}} chokehold (third-person singular simple present chokeholds, present participle chokeholding, simple past and past participle chokeheld)
  1. To put in a chokehold
    Sense id: en-chokehold-en-verb-e07Xq2QH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: choke hold, choke-hold

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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