The Meaning of chokehold

• (noun) 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"
• (noun) complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"

Synonyms

stranglehold , throttlehold , choke hold

Rhymes

ahold , behold , berthold , billfold , blindfold , bold , bowled , cajoled , centerfold , cold , consoled , controlled , decontrolled , dold , doled , eightfold , enfold , enrolled , fivefold , fold , foothold , fourfold , freehold , gold , golde , griswold , handhold , hold , holde , household , leasehold , leopold , lippold , machold , mangold , manifold , marigold , mold , mould , ninefold , nold , nolde , old , olde , outsold , oversold , paroled , patrolled , penfold , poled , polled , remold , resold , rheingold , ringgold , roald , rolled , scold , sevenfold , sixfold , sold , stranglehold , strolled , stronghold , tenfold , threefold , threshold , told , tolled , twofold , uncontrolled , undersold , unfold , unsold , untold , uphold , vold , withhold , wold