WordNet
n. a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled" [syn: chokehold]
Usage examples of "choke hold".
I didnt make it a true choke hold, because I was hoping that someone might drag her off me before it got that far.
I knew how to do a choke hold so that all it did was make you pass out.
Growling and panting like an animal, Valentin fought desperately to maintain his position, clawing the Carescrian's flesh, but Brim was better conditioned, and the choke hold weakened significantly.
He had pulled the choke hold on her, the very move she had once pulled on me, and she stomped her foot on the floor as she threw her elbow back at him.
He asks questions, and when she doesn't tell him what he wants to hear he tightens the choke hold.
Maybe I deserve this, Tyler thought, essaying a choke hold on his thrashing employer.
He nearly had to wrestle Dhugal to the floor before he could feel the choke hold starting to take its toll.
Lior said mildly, as Gallard restrained the younger man, then controlled him with a choke hold when he tried to twist free.