choker
/ˈt͡ʃoʊkɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
noun
One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
Example Sentences
- "After half a minute or so there was a shuffle of feet outside. The door was opened, and a head appeared. It was a small head with a tweed cap on the top of it. It had a stringy-looking choker beneath and a dark unshavenness across its face."
- "Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises."
- "She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage is obscured."
- "The words: “Take your hands off when I say no, take your eyes off when I say no” were spelled out on video screens as the first model marched past in loose black layers, a punky choker and black shoes."
- "The Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Shakespeare, is pursued by Dalziel and Pascoe."
- "I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!"
Etymology
Etymology tree English choke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English choker From choke + -er.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈt͡ʃoʊkɚ/
- British English: /ˈtʃəʊkə/