to choke (on); to choke off (in speech)

to choke on one's food; to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak

(intransitive) to choke to death

to sob

thoracic choke (animal harness)

lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk

(idiom) to sob and sniffle