different between croker vs choker

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???k?(?)/

Etymology 1

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Noun

croker (uncountable)

1. (US) Burlap.

   a croker bag; a croker sack

Etymology 2

From a Medieval Latin *crocarius, derivative of Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (krókos).

Noun

croker (plural crokers)

1. (obsolete) A cultivator of crocus or saffron; a dealer in saffron.

References

• croker in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Corker, corker, re-rock, recork, rerock, rocker

English

Etymology

From choke +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t???k?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?o?k?/
• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Noun

choker (plural chokers)

2. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
   • 2010, Alice Fisher, The Observer, 24 Oct 2010:

     She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage is obscured.

3. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
   • 1990, Janet Husband, Jonathan F. Husband, Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series (page 199)

     The Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Shakespeare, is pursued by Dalziel and Pascoe.

4. One who operates the choke of an engine during ignition.
5. (slang) Any disappointing or upsetting circumstance.

   I lost £100 on the horses today — what a choker!

6. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.
7. A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.

Synonyms

• (one who chokes another): strangler
• (slang: disappointing or upsetting circumstance): bummer, downer, pisser

Translations

Anagrams

• Kocher

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English choke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.ke/
• Homophones: chokai, choké, chokée, chokées, chokés, chokez

Verb

choker

1. (Quebec, transitive, intransitive) to choke
2. (Quebec, figuratively, by extension) to stop, to inhibit, to prevent

Conjugation