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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)
—Idiom| 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. |
| 8. | Machinery.
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| 9. | at full throttle, at maximum speed. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : throttle
Spanish:
válvula reguladora, acelerador,
German:
der Gashebel,
Japanese:
絞り弁
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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