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Verb: choke up
  1. Fill or become filled to the point of obstruction
    "My nose is all choked up";
    - stuff, block
     
  2. Become or make unable to speak due to emotion
    "He choked up while giving the eulogy"

Derived forms: choking up, choked up, chokes up

Type of: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul