throttle
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Synonyms: throstle, tottle, thropple, throuble, throte, thrustle, throuple, throttler, crottle, throttled, throttles
Antonyms: throstle, tottle, thropple, throuble, throte, thrustle, throuple, throttler, crottle, throttled, throttles
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Noun
- 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.
- The windpipe or trachea.
Verb
- To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- To strangle or choke someone.
- To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
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