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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Choky

· Chok·y · IPA
01 a. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
  1. 1.
    Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.
  2. 2.
    Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion.
    “The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.” — T. Hughes.
02 n. A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.
  1. 1.
    A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc.[India]
  2. 2.
    Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail.[India, or Slang, Eng.]