choke

( v.)

   [common]  To  reject input, often ungracefully. "NULs make System V's
   lpr(1)  choke."  "I  tried building an {EMACS} binary to use {X}, but
   cpp(1) choked on all those #defines." See {barf}, {vi}.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {ad-hockery}{barf}]