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1. (n.) throttle
the valve in an internal-combustion engine that regulates the amount of fuel entering the cylinders.
2. throttle
the lever that controls this valve.
3. throttle
the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.
4. (v.t.) throttle
to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle.
5. throttle
to choke or suffocate in any way.
6. throttle
to silence or check as if by choking.
7. throttle
to obstruct or check the flow of (a fluid), as to control the speed of an engine.
8. throttle
to reduce the pressure of (a fluid) by passing it from a smaller area to a larger one.
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1. (noun) accelerator, throttle, throttle valve
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
2. (verb) accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
"he stepped on the gas"
3. (verb) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
4. (verb) strangle, strangulate, throttle
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
"he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
5. (verb) choke, throttle
reduce the air supply
"choke a carburetor"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Throttle
the windpipe, or trachea; the weasand
2. (noun) Throttle
the throttle valve
3. (verb) Throttle
to compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle
4. (verb) Throttle
to utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated
5. (verb) Throttle
to shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine
6. (verb) Throttle
to have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate
7. (verb) Throttle
to breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated
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Sense: (in engines, the lever attached to) the valve controlling the flow of steam, petrol etc
The car went faster as he opened the throttle.
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 Afrikaans: smoorklep |
 Arabic: صِمام خانِق |
 Bulgarian: клапан |
 Brazilian: acelerador |
 Czech: škrtící klapka |
 German: der Gashebel |
 Danish: gashåndtag; speeder |
 Greek: ρυθμιστική βαλβίδα |
 Spanish: válvula reguladora, acele |
 Estonian: seguklapp |
 Farsi: ساسات |
 Finnish: kaasuläppä |
 French: accélérateur, arrivée de |
 Hebrew: מַשנֶק |
 Hindi: नलीवाल्व |
 Croatian: ventil, upusni priklopac |
 Hungarian: fojtószelep |
 Indonesian: cuk |
 Icelandic: eldsneytisgjöf |
 Italian: (valvola di regolazione) |
 Japanese: 絞り弁 |
 Korean: 스로틀 밸브 |
 Lithuanian: droselis |
 Latvian: drosele |
 Malay: pendikit |
 Dutch: smoorklep |
 Norwegian: gasspedal, spjeldventil |
 Polish: przepustnica |
 Portuguese: acelerador |
 Romanian: accelerator; supapă de ad |
 Russian: дроссель |
 Slovak: škrtiaci ventil |
 Slovenian: čok |
 Serbian: regulator |
 Swedish: gasspjäll, trottel |
 Thai: หัวเปิดปิดน้ำ |
 Turkish: gaz kelebeği |
 Taiwanese: 節流閥 |
 Ukrainian: дросель |
 Urdu: حنجرہ، گلا |
 Vietnamese: van tiết lưu |
 Chinese: 节流阀 |
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