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throt⋅tle

[throt-l]

noun, verb, -tled, -tling.

–noun

1.	Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.

2.	throttle valve.

3.	the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.

–verb (used with object)

4.	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.

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 throte throat; cf. G Drossel

Related forms:

throttler, noun

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throt·tle (thrŏt'l)

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

1. To regulate the flow of (fuel) in an engine.
2. 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.]
throt'tler n.

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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.

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.

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.

Language Translation for : throttle

Spanish: válvula reguladora, acelerador,

German: der Gashebel,

Japanese: 絞り弁

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throttle (v.)

"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.

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