to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle.
5.
to choke or suffocate in any way.
6.
to compress by fastening something tightly around.
7.
to silence or check as if by choking: His message was throttled by censorship.
8.
Machinery.
a.
to obstruct or check the flow of (a fluid), as to control the speed of an engine.
b.
to reduce the pressure of (a fluid) by passing it from a smaller area to a larger one.
—Idiom
9.
at full throttle, at maximum speed.
[Origin: 1350–1400; (v.) ME throtelen, freq. of throten to cut the throat of (someone), strangle, deriv. of throat; (n.) prob. dim. of ME throtethroat; cf. G Drossel]
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.
A lever or pedal controlling such a valve.
tr.v.
throt·tled, throt·tling, throt·tles
To regulate the flow of (fuel) in an engine.
To regulate the speed of (an engine) with a throttle.
To suppress: tried to throttle the press.
To strangle; choke.
[Short for throttle valve, from throttle, to strangle, choke, from Middle English throtelen, probably from throte, throat; see throat.]
"strangle to death," c.1400, probably from M.E. throte "throat" (see throat). The noun, in the mechanical sense, is first recorded 1870s, from throttle-valve (1824), but was used earlier as a synonym for "throat" (1547); it appears to be an independent formation, not derived from the verb.
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine [syn: accelerator]
2.
a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator]
verb
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]
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]
3.
reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: choke]
Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote, [thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle.]1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak. 2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. 3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. --Gwilt. 4. (Naut.) (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. --Totten. 5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee. 6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to the mast. Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the gaff. Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea. To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably. To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.
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