chokey
nounEtymology Borrowed from Hindi चौकी (caukī) and Urdu چَوکی (caukī, “post, police station, etc.”).
2
South Asia, Historical A station, as for police, customs agents, palanquin-bearers, etc.
- Related terms
- chaukidar
chokey
adjUK /ˈt͡ʃəʊki/ · US /ˈt͡ʃoʊki/
Etymology From choke + -y.
1
Reminiscent of choking.
- The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey.1857, Thomas Hughes, “Chapter 4”, in Tom Brown's School Days:
- Derived terms
- chokily