chokey
/ˈt͡ʃoʊki/adjective, noun
chokey is an adjective meaning “Reminiscent of choking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-O-K-E-Y, and it appears about once in every 31 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does chokey mean?
adjective
- 1
Reminiscent of choking.
noun
- 1
UKdatedPrison.
- 2
A station, as for police, customs agents, palanquin-bearers, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chokey?
- UK /ˈt͡ʃəʊki/
- US /ˈt͡ʃoʊki/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chokey.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chokey
- more chokey comparative
- most chokey superlative
- chokeys plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chokey?
Chokey appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does chokey come from?
From choke + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).