throttle
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English *throtel, diminutive of throte (“throat”), equivalent to throat + -le. Compare German Drossel (“throttle”). More at throat.
Noun [edit]
throttle (plural throttles)
- A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
- The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
Translations [edit]
a valve
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the lever or pedal that controls this valve
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Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English throtlen (“to choke, strangle, suffocate”), from the noun (see above). Compare German erdrosseln (“to strangle, choke, throttle”).
Verb [edit]
throttle (third-person singular simple present throttles, present participle throttling, simple past and past participle throttled)
- (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
- (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
- (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Translations [edit]
to cut back speed
to strangle someone
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- Swedish: gasa, öka gasen (increase the speed/throttle up), strypa gasen, minska gasen (decrease the speed), undertrycka (of a person), begränsa (of an organization)
