throttle Definition

throttle
noun

1a. A valve which regulates the amount of fuel or steam, etc supplied to an engine;
1b. The pedal or lever that controls this.
2. now dialect
The throat or windpipe.

verb throttled, throttling

1. To injure or kill by choking or strangling.

Thesaurus: strangle, strangulate, gag, stifle, smother, asphyxiate, choke.
2. To prevent something from being said or expressed, etc; to suppress.

Thesaurus: silence, gag, stifle, suppress, censor, inhibit, control.
3. To control the flow of (fuel, steam, etc to an engine) using a valve.

Etymology: 14c: perhaps from throat.

Phrasal Verb: throttle back or down

To reduce the speed of an engine by using the throttle.