choke

     

"Choke" may be use in the following ways:

Trivia about choke

  • A throttle regulates the flow of fuel; this synonym for "throttle" regulates the flow of air
  • In cars, it governs air flow to the carburetor; in a shotgun, it controls the amount of spread of the shot
  • The inedible, fuzzy inner part of the item seen here
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew clutches higher up on a bat.) In baseball, you don't want to do this in the clutch, but it's okay to do it up on the bat