a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
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"
a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later"
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"
a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"
private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty"
the driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver"
any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"
evergreen shrubs or small trees
the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates"
a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"