noun, verb, -tled, -tling.| 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. |
| 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. |