Definitions of throttle [ˈθrɒt l]

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Definition of 'throttle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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.

Definition of 'throttle'

Princeton's WordNet

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"

Definition of 'throttle'

Webster Dictionary

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

Translation of 'throttle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

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.
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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