throttle
Other forms: throttled; throttles
The throttle of an engine controls the fuel going in, and if you're going at full throttle, you'd better hang onto your hat.
You can think of a throttle as a throat, and the two words may be related. But as with a throat, if you block a throttle, something bad is likely to happen. You can throttle your car — cut off the air to the engine, also known as applying the choke — and you might stall it out. You can also throttle a person — the image is that you grab the person by the throat and cut off his air. It's much better to use throttle figuratively: when you crushed your opponent at tennis, you could say "you throttled her" — but nobody really got hurt.
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a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
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synonyms:
accelerator, throttle valve
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type of:
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valve
control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
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valve
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a pedal that controls the throttle valve
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synonyms:
accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun
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type of:
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foot lever, foot pedal, pedal, treadle
a lever that is operated with the foot
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foot lever, foot pedal, pedal, treadle
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place limits on (extent or access)
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types:
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reduce, tighten
narrow or limit
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tie
limit or restrict to
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gate
restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
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draw a line, draw the line
reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)
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mark off, mark out
set boundaries to and delimit
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harness, rein, rule
keep in check
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baffle, regulate
check the emission of (sound)
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cramp, halter, hamper, strangle
prevent the progress or free movement of
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constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up
restrict
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clamp down, crack down
repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
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constrict, inhibit
limit the range or extent of
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constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain
hold back
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bridle
put a bridle on
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curb
keep to the curb
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clog
impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
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kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
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reduce the air supply
/ˈθrɑdl/
/ˈθrɒtəl/
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