verb, noun
verb [VN] to attack or kill sb by squeezing their throat in order to stop them from breathing
SYNSTRANGLE:
He throttled the guard with his bare hands. * (humorous) I like her, although I could cheerfully throttle her at times (= because she is annoying). * (figurative) The city is being throttled by traffic.
PHRASALVERBS
throttle (sth) back / down / up to control the supply of fuel or power to an engine in order to reduce/increase the speed of a vehicle:
I throttled back as we approached the runway.
Part of speech: noun
a device that controls the amount of fuel that goes into the engine of a vehicle, for example the ACCELERATOR in a car:
He drove along at full throttle (= as fast as possible). * open (up) / close the throttle (= increase / decrease the speed) * (figurative) The campaign is continuing to run at full throttle.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for throttle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is throttle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, throttle is tagged as noun.
Does throttle appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — throttle appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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