THROTTLE

accelerator, throttle, throttle valve

(noun) a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine

accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun

(noun) a pedal that controls the throttle valve; “he stepped on the gas”

choke, throttle

(verb) reduce the air supply; “choke a carburetor”

restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

(verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access); “restrict the use of this parking lot”; “limit the time you can spend with your friends”

strangle, strangulate, throttle

(verb) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; “he tried to strangulate his opponent”; “A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

throttle (plural throttles)

A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.

The lever or pedal that controls this valve.

Synonyms: accelerator, gas pedal, gas

The windpipe or trachea.

Etymology 2

Verb

throttle (third-person singular simple present throttles, present participle throttling, simple past and past participle throttled)

(transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).

(transitive) To strangle or choke someone.

(intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.

(intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

(transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.

Source: Wiktionary

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Throt"tle, n. Etym: [Dim. of throat. See Throat.]

1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Steam Engine)

Definition: 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.

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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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