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throttle
[ throt-l ]
noun
- Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.
verb (used with object)
- to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle.
- to choke or suffocate in any way.
- to compress by fastening something tightly around.
- to silence or check as if by choking:
His message was throttled by censorship.
- 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.
throttle
/ ˈθɒə /
noun
- Also calledthrottle valve any device that controls the quantity of fuel or fuel and air mixture entering an engine
- an informal or dialect word for throat
verb
- to kill or injure by squeezing the throat
- to suppress
to throttle the press
- to control or restrict (a flow of fluid) by means of a throttle valve
Derived Forms
- ˈٳdzٳٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٳdzt noun
- ܲ·ٳdzt adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of throttle1
Idioms and Phrases
- at full throttle, at maximum speed.
Example Sentences
Frankly, it doesn't seem to be running a campaign at full throttle this time, which given the geography of the contests, shouldn't surprise.
He throttled Angela before getting a hammer and striking her multiple times over the head.
Not only did he score the first goal and set up the second, but his all action-display allowed Rangers to throttle Celtic and best them on their own patch.
It wasn’t until he turned 40 that he decided to go full throttle on his acting career and move to Los Angeles.
When we got close, McGinnis would call out which direction the shark was facing, and Lowe would ease off the throttle so we could quietly glide up behind the shark.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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