Definitions for throttle

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throttle throt·tle

Spelling: [throt-l]

IPA: /ˈθrɒt l/

Throttle is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in throttle (ehlorttt).

Definitions for throttle

noun

1. Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
2. throttle valve.
3. the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.

Idioms

1. at full throttle, at maximum speed.

verb (used with object)

1. to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle.
2. to choke or suffocate in any way.
3. to compress by fastening something tightly around.
4. to silence or check as if by choking:
5. Machinery. to obstruct or check the flow of (a fluid), as to control the speed of an engine. to reduce the pressure of (a fluid) by passing it from a smaller area to a larger one.

Origin of throttle

1350-1400; (v.) Middle English throtelen, frequentative of throten to cut the throat of (someone), strangle, derivative of throat; (noun) probably diminutive of Mid

Examples for throttle

The road saves money in having a christian hand on the throttle.

I grasped the dog around the throat and began to throttle him.

Some difficulty then arose because she could not begin to reach the throttle.

Stan slammed his hatch cover shut and opened up his throttle.

When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways.

One day it got loose, flew straight at him, and began trying to throttle him.

But, really, the whole episode was a reminder of how reform can swerve when a government has its foot to the throttle.

He turned the throttle and the car resumed its former speed.

Twice Neville had taken the throttle and sent his oiler to clear the suctions.

In the engine-room the oiler could no longer move from the throttle.