1 to choke with emotion

2 to choke with sobs

1 to choke with emotion

2 to choke on a piece of food

1 to choke on one's food

2 to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak

1 to choke (on)

2 to choke up

3 to suffocate

1 to choke (on)

2 to choke off (in speech)

1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face

2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk