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Definitions for Throttle

[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.
[4] to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle.
[5] to choke or suffocate in any way.
[6] to compress by fastening something tightly around.
[7] to silence or check as if by choking: His message was throttled by censorship.
[8] 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.
[9] at full throttle , at maximum speed.
[10] Also called: throttle valve any device that controls the quantity of fuel or fuel and air mixture entering an engine
[11] an informal or dialect word for throat
[12] to kill or injure by squeezing the throat
[13] to suppress to throttle the press
[14] to control or restrict (a flow of fluid) by means of a throttle valve

Words related to Throttle

control, inhibit, suppress, smother, silence, gag, strangle, stifle, strangulate, burke

Words nearby Throttle

throne room, throng, thronner, thronos, throstle, throttle, throttle lever, throttle valve, throttle-body injection, throttleable, throttlebottom

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 Middle English throte throat; compare German Drossel

Other words from Throttle

throt·tler , noun
un·throt·tled , adjective

Word origin for Throttle

C14: throtelen , from throte throat

Synonyms for Throttle

burke, control, gag, inhibit, silence, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suppress