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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THROT'TLE, n. [from throat.] The windpipe or larynx.
THROT'TLE, v.i. To choke; to suffocate; or to obstruct so as to endanger suffocation.
1. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
THROT'TLE, v.t. To utter with breaks and interruptions, as a person half suffocated.
Throttle their practic'd accents in their fears.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine [syn: accelerator, throttle, throttle valve]
2: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun] v
1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle]
2: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle]
3: reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: choke, throttle]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (throttled; throttling) Etymology: Middle English throtelen, from throte throat Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to compress the throat of ; choke (2) to kill by such action b. to prevent or check expression or activity of ; suppress <policies that throttle creativity> 2. a. to decrease the flow of (as steam or fuel to an engine) by a valve b. to regulate and especially to reduce the speed of (as an engine) by such means c. to vary the thrust of (a rocket engine) during flight intransitive verb to throttle something (as an engine) — usually used with back or down <the pilot throttled back> • throttler noun II. noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte throat Date: circa 1547 1. a. throat 1a b. trachea 1 2. a. a valve for regulating the supply of a fluid (as steam) to an engine; especially the valve controlling the volume of vaporized fuel charge delivered to the cylinders of an internal combustion engine b. the lever controlling this valve c. the condition of being throttled

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a (in full throttle-valve) a valve controlling the flow of fuel or steam etc. in an engine. b (in full throttle-lever) a lever or pedal operating this valve. 2 the throat, gullet, or windpipe. --v.tr. 1 choke or strangle. 2 prevent the utterance etc. of. 3 control (an engine or steam etc.) with a throttle. Phrases and idioms: throttle back (or down) reduce the speed of (an engine or vehicle) by throttling. Derivatives: throttler n. Etymology: ME throtel (v.), perh. f. THROAT + -LE(4): (n.) perh. a dimin. of THROAT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Throttle Throt"tle, n. [Dim. of throat. See Throat.] 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve. Throttle lever (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. Throttle valve (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Throttle Throt"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling.] 1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. --Milton. 2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.] Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. --Shak. 3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Throttle Throt"tle, v. i. 1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. 2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(throttles, throttling, throttled) 1. To throttle someone means to kill or injure them by squeezing their throat or tightening something around it and preventing them from breathing. The attacker then tried to throttle her with wire... = strangle VERB: V n 2. If you say that something or someone is throttling a process, institution, or group, you mean that they are restricting it severely or destroying it. He said the over-valuation of sterling was throttling industry. VERB: V n 3. 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... N-COUNT 4. Throttle is the power that is obtained by using a throttle. ...motor bikes revving at full throttle. 5. If you say that something is done at full throttle, you mean that it is done with great speed and enthusiasm. He lived his life at full throttle. PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Windpipe, trachea, throat, weasand. II. v. a. Choke, strangle, suffocate. III. v. n. Choke, suffocate.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To strangle.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The throat, or gullet.

Moby Thesaurus

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