throttle
Meaning of throttle
noun
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
- The windpipe or trachea.
- To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- To strangle or choke someone.
- To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
Information about throttle
- The plural form of throttle is: throttles.
- Languages in which throttle is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of throttle
throt-tle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- throttle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
throttle synonyms
Meaning accelerator:
Meaning restrict:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine
Meaning strangle:
Meaning choke:
Translation of throttle
- French: étrangler, stranguler
- Spanish: estrangular
- German: erwürgen
- Italian: strangolare
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