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Throttle

see synonyms of throttle

Noun

1. accelerator, throttle, throttle valve

a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine

2. accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun, throttle

a pedal that controls the throttle valve

Example Sentences:
'he stepped on the gas'

Verb

3. bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

place limits on (extent or access)

Example Sentences:
'restrict the use of this parking lot'
'limit the time you can spend with your friends'

4. strangle, strangulate, throttle

kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

Example Sentences:
'he tried to strangle his opponent'
'A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes'

5. choke, throttle

reduce the air supply

Example Sentences:
'choke a carburetor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Throttle

see synonyms of throttle
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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Throttle

see synonyms of throttle
noun
1.  Rare
the throat or windpipe
2. 
a valve that regulates the flow of fluids; esp., a butterfly valve that controls the release of fuel vapor from a carburetor, or the control valve in a steam line
: also throttle plate
3. 
the hand lever or pedal that controls this valve
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈthrottled or ˈthrottling
4. 
to choke; strangle
5. 
to stop the utterance or action of; censor or suppress
6. 
a. 
to reduce the flow of (fuel vapor, etc.) by means of a throttle
b. 
to lessen the speed of (an engine, vehicle, etc.) by this or similar means; slow (down)
verb intransitive
7. 
to choke or suffocate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Throttle

see synonyms of throttle
n.
1. A valve that regulates the flow of a fluid, such as the valve in an internal-combustion engine that controls the amount of air-fuel mixture entering the cylinders.
2. A lever or pedal controlling such a valve.
tr.v. throt·tled, throt·tling, throt·tles
1.
a. To regulate the flow of (fuel) in an engine.
b. To regulate the speed of (an engine) with a throttle.
2. To suppress: tried to throttle the press.
3. To strangle (a person); choke.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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