Usually means: Restrictive hold obstructing airflow, neck.
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  1. chokehold: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. chokehold: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. chokehold: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chokehold: Vocabulary.com
  5. Chokehold, chokehold: Wordnik
  6. chokehold: Wiktionary
  7. chokehold: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. chokehold: Dictionary.com
  9. Chokehold (band), Chokehold: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. chokehold: Rhymezone
  11. chokehold: FreeDictionary.org
  12. chokehold: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. chokehold: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. chokehold: Encyclopedia

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  1. chokehold: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chokehold)

noun:  (martial arts, wrestling) A grappling hold around the neck that cuts off the flow of air to the brain.
noun:  (by extension) A strong and powerful grasp on something
verb:  (transitive) To put in a chokehold.

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