choky

An old-fashioned slang term meaning stuffy, cramped, or causing a feeling of suffocation.

• 🇩🇪Veralteter umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck für stickig, eng oder ein Gefühl des Erstickens hervorrufend.

1. Tight or constricting C1 informal

   So tight as to tend to choke or restrict breathing.

   • The collar of the shirt was uncomfortably choky.
   • He loosened his choky tie after the meeting.
   • The room felt choky with all the windows closed.

   🇩🇪Eng und beengend

   Synonyme: airlesscloseconstrictingoppressivesmotheringstiflingstranglingstuffysuffocatingtight

   Antonyme: loosespacious

• chokier comparative form
• chokiest superlative form

A dated British slang term for a prison or jail.

• 🇩🇪Veralteter britischer Slang für ein Gefängnis oder einen Ort der Haft.

1. Prison (slang) C1 slang british

   A slang term for a prison or jail, primarily used in British English.

   • He spent a few years in the choky for his crimes.
   • The old thief ended up back in the choky.
   • They threatened to throw him in the choky if he didn't cooperate.

   🇩🇪Knast (Slang)

   Synonyme: canclinkgaoljailjointjugnickpenpokeyslammerstir