throttle
IPA: θrˈɑtʌɫ
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.
- (anatomy, archaic) The windpipe or trachea.
verb
- (transitive) To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
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Examples of "throttle" in Sentences
- He began to throttle his friend.
- I handle the throttle and the brakes.
- You may have the option to throttle him.
- A unit movable in the housing throttles the passage.
- The turbine responded to the throttle lever very obediently.
- The piston of a hydraulic actuator is coupled to the throttle.
- The constriction occurs at the throttle structure in the manifold.
- A throttle is provided for controlling the speed of the electric vehicle.
- The air passage is controlled by a valve connected to the carburetor throttle.
- A throttle controls the flow of vaporized fuel to the outlet of the carburetor.
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