adjective
- causing a feeling of being unable to breathe easily; suffocating
Usage: informal
noun
- prison or jail
Usage: British slang; dated
Examples
- The small, windowless room felt choky and uncomfortable.
- She loosened her collar because the air felt choky.
- The old man spent three years in choky for theft.
- He was afraid of being sent to choky again.
- The choky atmosphere made everyone want to leave.
- The smoke made the air choky and hard to breathe.