choker

noun

1. A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.

   “After half a minute or so there was a shuffle of feet outside. The door was opened, and a head appeared. It was a small head with a tweed cap on the top of it. It had a stringy-looking choker beneath and a dark unshavenness across its face.”

   “Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.”

   “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.”

   “The words: “Take your hands off when I say no, take your eyes off when I say no” were spelled out on video screens as the first model marched past in loose black layers, a punky choker and black shoes.”

2. One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.

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

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

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

5. One who performs badly at an important part of a competition because they are nervous, especially when winning.

   “The choker tag will always follow the Proteas until we win a trophy — Temba Bavuma”

6. A loop of cable fastened around a log to haul it.