Throttle - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈθrɑːtl|
Brit.
|ˈθrɒt(ə)l|
noun
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine (syn: accelerator)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve (syn: accelerator, gas, gun)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve (syn: accelerator, gas, gun)
verb
- place limits on (extent or amount or access) (syn: bound, confine, limit, restrict, trammel)
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (syn: strangle, strangulate)
- reduce the air supply (syn: choke)
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (syn: strangle, strangulate)
- reduce the air supply (syn: choke)
Extra examples
He throttled her in a fit of jealous rage.
I'm so mad I could throttle her!
When you press a car's accelerator, it opens the throttle, and the car goes faster.
He grabbed her by the throat and began throttling her.
He pushed the throttle forward.
He pushed the throttle backward.
The team's offense ran full throttle.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: throttle
he/she/it: throttles
present participle: throttling
past tense: throttled
past participle: throttled
I/you/we/they: throttle
he/she/it: throttles
present participle: throttling
past tense: throttled
past participle: throttled
noun
singular: throttle
plural: throttles
singular: throttle
plural: throttles
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