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chokehold

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English

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WOTD – 22 July 2025

Etymology

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Soldiers of theUnited States Army demonstrating a chokehold(noun sense 1).

Thenoun is derived fromchoke(verb) +‎hold(noun).[1] Theverb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chokehold (pluralchokeholds)

  1. (martial arts, wrestling) Agrapplinghold around aperson'sneck, especially one in which the neck isgraspedtightly from behind with anarm,cutting off theflow ofblood to thebrain andrestrictingbreathing.
    Synonym:neckhold
    Hyponym:sleeper hold
    Coordinate terms:headlock,stranglehold,throttlehold
    He put his opponent in achokehold.
    • 2001,Lisa A. Kloppenberg, “The Court Uses Standing to Discourage Redress for Racial Wrongs”, inPlaying it Safe: How the Supreme Court Sidesteps Hard Cases and Stunts the Development of Law (Critical America), New York, N.Y.; London:New York University Press,→ISBN,page67:
      Within five to ten seconds, one officer began to apply achoke hold by pressing his forearm into[Adolph] Lyons' throat. As Lyons was struggling for air, the officer handcuffed him and continued to apply thechoke hold until Lyons blacked out. He was almost choked to death.[] Between 1975 and 1982, sixteen people died from the LAPD[Los Angeles Police Department]'s use ofchoke holds.
    • 2012, Scott McNeely, “Combat Sports”, inUltimate Book of Sports: The Essential Collection of Rules, Stats, and Trivia for over 250 Sports, San Francisco, Calif.:Chronicle Books,→ISBN,page118:
      In competition, judo matches typically have a standing phase (opponents attempt to throw each other) and a ground phase (once an opponent is on the ground, then both opponents can use a hold down, literally holding an opponent down for 15 to 25 seconds, or using achoke hold or similar controlling technique to force an opponent to submit).
  2. (figurative) Apowerful andrestrictivecontrol orinfluence over something.
    Synonyms:stranglehold,throttlehold
    One country has achokehold on another country's economy.
    • 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How Talent Shows Became TV’s Most Bizarre Programmes”, inBBC Online[1], archived fromthe original on18 April 2023:
      With the music industry releasing theirchokehold on these television talent shows, it too is looking to other sources like social media –[Rob] Wade calls TikTok "one giant talent show" – to find new talent rather than primetime TV.
    • 2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, inCosmopolitan[2], New York, N.Y.:Hearst Corporation,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on8 October 2024:
      Fellow fashionistas know the hype of GAP athleisure wear. The nostalgic look mixed with its soft design have the girlies in achokehold!

Alternative forms

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Translations

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grappling hold around a person’s neck
powerful and restrictive control or influence over something

Verb

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chokehold (third-person singular simple presentchokeholds,present participlechokeholding,simple past and past participlechokeheld)

  1. (transitive) Toput ahold around theneck of (someone), especially one in which the neck isgraspedtightly from behind with anarm.

Translations

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to put a hold around the neck of (someone)

References

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  1. ^chokehold,n.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required, Oxford:Oxford University Press,July 2023;chokehold,n.”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.

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