Throttle
noun
1.
Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
2.
throttle valve.
3.
the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.
verb (used with object), throttled, throttling.
4.
to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle.
5.
to choke or suffocate in any way.
6.
to compress by fastening something tightly around.
7.
to silence or check as if by choking:
His message was throttled by censorship.
8.
Machinery.
to obstruct or check the flow of (a fluid), as to control the speed of an engine.
to reduce the pressure of (a fluid) by passing it from a smaller area to a larger one.
Idioms
9.
at full throttle, at maximum speed.
noun
1.
Also called throttle valve. any device that controls the quantity of fuel or fuel and air mixture entering an engine
2.
an informal or dialect word for throat
verb (transitive)
3.
to kill or injure by squeezing the throat
4.
to suppress: to throttle the press
5.
to control or restrict (a flow of fluid) by means of a throttle valve
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