[
US
/ˈθɹɑtəɫ/
]
[ UK /θɹˈɒtəl/ ]
[ UK /θɹˈɒtəl/ ]
VERB
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kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
he tried to strangulate his opponent -
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
limit the time you can spend with your friends
restrict the use of this parking lot -
reduce the air supply
choke a carburetor
NOUN
- a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
-
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
he stepped on the gas
How To Use throttle In A Sentence
- You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
- The "SynchroRev Match" function automatically controls and adjusts engine speed when shifting to the speed of the next gear position, essentially "blipping" the throttle to smooth out any up / down shifts. Autoblog
- As ever: the gear change and clutch are heavy; the throttle response terrific.
- In other words, women often get attached before their cognitive machinery is up and running at full throttle.
- He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward.
- The throttle twist grip on the end of the collective stick has to be coordinated with the up and down movements.
- Driving full throttle on his wheel rims, he trundled back to Augusta at 30 mph and meandered through downtown, trailed by a posse of 14 cruisers.
- The criminal throttled the watchman and robbed the bank.
- And now we no longer have the world's first man-rated non-throttleable first stage. ULA Briefings Show that EELVS Can Replace Ares 1 - NASA Watch
- His temper tantrums have acquired him the further sobriquet of ‘Kung-fu Kahn’ after he merrily throttled one opponent and bit a chunk out of another.