Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a restraining hold;
someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind;
- Example: "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled"[syn: chokehold, choke hold]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
choke hold
n 1: a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck
of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he
grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and
jewelry, and then fled" [syn: chokehold, choke hold]