#THROTTLED MEANING IN ENGLISH FULL#
Related topics: Motor vehicles throttle throttle 2 noun 1 TTC technical a piece of equipment that controls the amount of fuel going into a vehicle’s engine at/on full throttle The engines were at full throttle (=the throttle was open so the engines could go very fast ). The government is attempting to throttle the uprising before it spreads.2 FAIL to make it difficult or impossible for something to succeed policies which are throttling many Asian economies 3 to slow down the speed of an Internet connection → throttle back → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus throttle She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest-more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.Īt last he fell, toppling backward, exhausted and the bull-dog promptly shifted his grip, getting in closer, mangling more and more of the fur- folded flesh, throttling White Fang more severely than ever.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English throttle throt‧tle 1 / ˈθrɒtl $ ˈθrɑːtl / verb 1 BREATHE to kill or injure someone by holding their throat very tightly so that they cannot breathe SYN strangle He grabbed her by the throat and began throttling her. They were Maud’s hands, striving vainly to tear loose the hand that was throttling me.ĭazed, suffering intolerable pain from throat and tongue, with the life half throttled out of him, Buck attempted to face his tormentors. The next instant Martin's right hand had shot to a throttling clutch on his throat, and he was being shaken till his teeth rattled. The result was that he was slowly throttling White Fang.
Throttle (a pedal that controls the throttle valve) Throttle (a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine) Throttling (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe)Įnrich (make better or improve in quality) Throttler (someone who kills by strangling) Garotte garrote garrotte scrag (strangle with an iron collar)
Kill (cause to die put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)Ĭompact compress constrict contract press squeeze (squeeze or press together) Hypernyms (to "throttle" is one way to.): Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, diggingĪ man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air Scant skimp (limit in quality or quantity)
#THROTTLED MEANING IN ENGLISH FREE#
Mark off mark out (set boundaries to and delimit)Ĭramp halter hamper strangle (prevent the progress or free movement of)Ĭonstrain stiffen tighten tighten up (severely restrict in scope or extent)Ĭlamp down crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))ĭelimit delimitate demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)Ĭumber encumber restrain (restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult) Gate (restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment)ĭraw a line draw the line (reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "throttle"): Limit the time you can spend with your friends Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.īound confine limit restrict throttle trammel
Place limits on (extent or amount or access) Present simple: I / you / we / they throttle. Valve (control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid)įuel system (equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine)Īccelerator accelerator pedal gas gas pedal gun throttleįoot lever foot pedal pedal treadle (a lever that is operated with the foot)Īeroplane airplane plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)Īuto automobile car machine motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
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