CHOKE HOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choke hold mean? 

• CHOKE HOLD (noun)
  The noun CHOKE HOLD has 1 sense:

1. a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind

  Familiarity information: CHOKE HOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOKE HOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

choke hold; chokehold

Context example:

he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled

Hypernyms ("choke hold" is a kind of...):

clasp; clench; clutch; clutches; grasp; grip; hold (the act of grasping)