chocking

verb

present participle of chock
as in braking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chocking
  1. braking
  2. stalling
  3. sticking
  4. halting
  5. cutting off
  6. arresting
  7. jamming
  8. dismantling
Verb
  • Every car depends on those same four contact patches, whether accelerating onto a straightaway at Road Atlanta or braking for traffic on I-285.
    — Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • This can instantly pressurize individual shock absorbers to counteract body roll, front-to-rear acceleration pitch and hard-braking dive.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of braking
Verb
  • Working alongside local politicians, the coalition has flooded the Illinois Commerce Commission with public comments, an effort organizers credit with stalling ComEd’s plans.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But Ford's also-expensive F-150 Lightning then took that title, after which interest in Cybertrucks began stalling out.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of stalling
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  • Using a rolling pin, roll it into a 12-inch round, lifting and rotating the dough and adding another dusting of flour as needed to keep it from sticking.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Seeds are spread to new areas along waterways and by sticking onto fur and clothing or equipment.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of sticking
Verb
  • Since then, the administration has opened the doors to more than 16,000 white South Africans while halting virtually all other immigration.
    — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Zelenskyy said Ukraine's priorities for the talks were halting strikes on energy and critical infrastructure, unblocking Black Sea grain shipments and expanding prisoner exchanges.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of halting
Verb
  • Across administrations, Washington has imposed financial sanctions on rivals, such as Iran and Russia, cutting off their access to dollar transactions and thereby kneecapping their foreign trade.
    — Gordon Liao, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The next day, historic flooding tore through parts of the region — washing out highways, triggering rock and mudslides and cutting off communities that have spent more than a week navigating lengthy detours.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of cutting off
Verb
  • Two Northfield, Minnesota, police officers were injured while arresting a woman suspected of driving drunk after a series of hit-and-run crashes that damaged three vehicles and two homes Monday evening, police said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
  • CoreWeave must show a plan toward profitability to have any prayer of arresting the more than 50% drop in its stock since mid-August.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of arresting
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  • Matas Buzelis beat him to the punch, tearing the ball out of the air and jamming it back into the basket with a dunk.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Designed to resist electronic interference Modern naval sensors must contend with electronic warfare, including jamming attempts to disrupt radar signals.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of jamming
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  • The plan then calls for dismantling the secret police while keeping public order, and creating new institutions such as a new Supreme Court and national electoral council.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
  • By shifting the lottery idea into a banking mechanism in which ticket entries are tied to personal savings deposits rather than spending, states could leverage the lottery jackpot to build generational wealth instead of dismantling it.
    — Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of dismantling
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“Chocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chocking. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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