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- Dictionarythrottle/ˈθrɒtl/
noun
- 1. a device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine: "the engines were at full throttle"
- 2. a person's throat, gullet, or windpipe. archaic
verb
- 1. attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them: "she was sorely tempted to throttle him" Similar
- 2. control (an engine or vehicle) with a throttle: "it has two engines that can be throttled"
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The meaning of THROTTLE is to compress the throat of : choke. How to use throttle in a sentence.
THROTTLE definition: 1. a valve which allows more or less fuel to go into an engine and so changes the power with which…. Learn more.
throttle. / ˈθrɒtəl / 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.
The throttle of a motor vehicle or aircraft is the device, lever, or pedal that controls the quantity of fuel entering the engine and is used to control the vehicle's speed. He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward.
throttle. ( ˈθrɒtəl) n. 1. (Mechanical Engineering) Also called: throttle valve any device that controls the quantity of fuel or fuel and air mixture entering an engine. 2. (Anatomy) an informal or dialect word for throat. vb ( tr) 3. to kill or injure by squeezing the throat. 4. to suppress: to throttle the press. 5.
You can think of a throttle as a throat, and the two words may be related. But as with a throat, if you block a throttle, something bad is likely to happen. You can throttle your car — cut off the air to the engine, also known as applying the choke — and you might stall it out.
throttle somebody to attack or kill somebody by pressing their throat in order to stop them from breathing synonym strangle. He throttled the guard with his bare hands. (humorous) I like her, although I could cheerfully throttle her at times (= because she is annoying). (figurative) The city is being throttled by traffic. Word Origin.
THROTTLE definition: 1. to press someone's throat tightly so they cannot breathe 2. the part of a vehicle that controls…. Learn more.
Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
Throttle definition: A valve that regulates the flow of a fluid, such as the valve in an internal-combustion engine that controls the amount of vaporized fuel entering the cylinders. Dictionary
