choke up (English, verb)
expansion: choke up (third-person singular simple present chokes up, present participle choking up, simple past and past participle choked up)
Senses:
glosses: To (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To cause (a person) temporarily to lose the power of speech, because of strong emotion.
tags: transitive
glosses: To cease talking.
tags: imperative
intransitive
often
glosses: To block up; to cause something to be blocked.
tags: figuratively
sometimes
transitive
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hold the bat higher (farther from the knob) than is normal.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: chokes up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: choking up
tags: participle
present
form: choked up
tags: participle
past
form: choked up
tags: past