Thesaurus: throttle

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1. n. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
2. n. The throttle valve.
3. v. t. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
4. v. t. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
5. v. t. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
6. v. i. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
7. v. i. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
8. n. a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
9. n. a pedal that controls the throttle valve
10. v. place limits on (extent or amount or access)
11. v. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
12. v. reduce the air supply