Boggle Word Finder
CHOKEHOLD
◐ IN SOME DICTIONARIES
TWL06 ✓
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✗
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
18
pts
CHOKEHOLD is a valid 9-letter Boggle word. It's listed in TWL06 and SOWPODS but not ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 18 in Super Big Boggle.
Word family
noun
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A grappling hold around a person's neck, especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm, cutting off the flow of blood to the brain and restricting breathing.
- He put his opponent in a chokehold.
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broadlyfigurativelyA powerful and restrictive control or influence over something.
- One country has a chokehold on another country's economy.
verb
- transitiveTo put a hold around the neck of (someone), especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm.
- broadlyfigurativelytransitiveTo exert tight, restrictive, control over someone or something.