chokehold
See also: choke hold
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoʊkˌhoʊld/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editchokehold (plural chokeholds)
- (martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain.
- He put his opponent in a chokehold.
- (by extension) A strong and powerful grasp on something
- Your country has a chokehold on our economy.
- 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC[1]:
- With the music industry releasing their chokehold on these television talent shows, it too is looking to other sources like social media – Wade calls TikTok "one giant talent show" – to find new talent rather than primetime TV.
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editgrappling hold around the neck
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strong and powerful grasp on something
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Verb
editchokehold (third-person singular simple present chokeholds, present participle chokeholding, simple past and past participle chokeheld)
- (transitive) To put in a chokehold.