throttle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: throttle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for throttle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
throttle n a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine Synonym(s): accelerator, throttle, throttle valve a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" Synonym(s): accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun v place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" Synonym(s): restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, 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" Synonym(s): strangle, strangulate, throttle reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" Synonym(s): choke, throttle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throttle \Throt"tle\, n. [Dim. of throat. See {Throat}.] 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve. {Throttle lever} (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. {Throttle valve} (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Throttled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Throttling}.] 1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. --Milton. 2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.] Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. --Shak. 3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. i. 1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. 2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.