chokehold Syllabification: (choke·hold)Pronunciation: /ˈCHōkˌhōld/Definition of chokehold noun a tight grip around a person’s neck, used to restrain him or her by restricting breathing:the police have banned chokeholds figurativethe southern delegates had the convention in a chokeholdchokehold in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of chokehold in the British & World English dictionary
