chokey

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chokey^¹

/ˈt͡ʃəʊki/ UK
/ˈt͡ʃoʊki/ US

Rhymes with -əʊki

adjective more chokey · most chokey

Reminiscent of choking. The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.

chokey^²

/ˈt͡ʃəʊki/ UK
/ˈt͡ʃoʊki/ US

Rhymes with -əʊki

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi चौकी (caukī) and Urdu چَوکی (caukī, “post, police station, etc.”).

noun chokeys

UK, countable, dated, uncountable Prison.
South Asia, countable, historical, uncountable A station, as for police, customs agents, palanquin-bearers, etc.

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@misc{chokey_2026,
  title = {chokey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chokey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}