throttle
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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.
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a valve
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the lever or pedal that controls this valve
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to throttle (third-person singular simple present throttles, present participle throttling, simple past and past participle throttled)
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to strangle someone
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- Spanish: acelerador, estrangulador
- Swedish: gasa, öka gasen (increase the speed/throttle up), strypa gasen, minska gasen (decrease the speed), undertrycka (of a person), begränsa (of an organization)
