throttlen.

Brit.

/ˈθrɒtl/, U.S.

/ˈθrɑd(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s throtal, 1500s throttil, 1500s– throttle, 1600s thrattle (north.), 1600s throatle, 1700s throtle.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: thrapple n.; throttle v.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Originally (in branch I.) perhaps (i) an alteration of thrapple n. after throat n., throttle v. and related words, or perhaps (ii) < throttle v. Compare Middle High German drozzel neck, throat, gullet, apparently ultimately < a suffixed form (compare -el suffix¹) of the Germanic base of throat n. In branch II. < throttle v.In throttle valve n. at Compounds 2 and sense 4, apparently originally reflecting comparison of the use of this valve to restrict the flow of steam or fuel through a pipe with the act of strangulation or asphyxiation (compare throttle v. 1a). With similar semantic development compare also choke n.²

I. The throat.

1. The throat. Now chiefly colloquial or regional.In quot. 1833 (in extended use): the neck of a bottle.

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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > throat or gullet > [noun]

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > bottle > neck

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a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) iv. sig. E.iii^v Amid his throtal [1554 throte] his voice likewise gan stick [L. vox faucibus hæsit, a1522 Douglas tr. the voce stak in his hals].

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv^v/1 A Throttil, guttus uris, hoc. A Throppil, idem, iugulum.

1655 R. Bayfield Enchiridion Medicum iii. xxviii. 273 Swallowing is painefull to the patient, he hath a feaver: and many times the muscles of the throttle and neck, is so swollen together with the glandules, that the patient is strangled.

1680 Roger, West-country Lad (single sheet) He has a fine Nose that is like to a Bottle, But it bends somewhat downwards and covers his Throttle.

c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. iii. 32 This pipe is called the Trachea..which Name it obtains from the Throtle to the Lungs.

1791 C. Stuart & J. O'Keeffe Gretna Green i. i. 7 Lovely bottle, Warms my throttle, Makes me niddle noddle queerly.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xv. 223 Under the grasp which the steward held on his throttle.

1833 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 171 Certain bottles Made long in the throttles.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 132 Now, here's a bottle, Wherefrom, sometimes, I wet my throttle.

1900 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 2 Jan. 6/2 A dreadfully stiff leather-looking stock round his throttle.

1979 A. Sillitoe Storyteller I. v. 74 I don't know whether you are dry at the throttle, but I'm parched.

1994 C. Upton et al. Surv. Eng. Dial.: Dict. & Gram. Throttle, a throat.

†2. The larynx. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > throat > larynx

throat-bolleOE

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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 763 Because the actions of the Throttle or Larynx are perfourmed with voluntary motion, Nature hath giuen it muscles.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxvii. 174 The windepipe..in this birde [bittern]..hath no Larinx or throttle to qualifie the sound.

1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. vi. 99 It also gives Rise to some of those Muscles that move the Larynx or Throttle.

1905 Daily Chron. 16 Mar. 3/4 He used to carry home to me..from his anatomy class..the throttles of all kinds of animals!—chickens, sheep and cows. You would imagine that these cartilaginous larynxes, red from the operating table, would have disgusted me.

II. Senses related to throttle v.

†3. The action of throttling or fact of being throttled; asphyxiation, choking; an instance of this. Also in plural with the: an ailment characterized by choking, coughing, or shortness of breath (cf. throttle v. 1b). Obsolete.

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the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking

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1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 24 They cramme their crawes like so many Capons in a Coope, till they can swallow no more, and so die of the throttle [Sp. con que los matan].

1733 ‘Country Physician’ Remarks upon late Scurrilous Pamphlet 32 She was taken with the Throttles, of which she died in twenty four Hours.

1770 A. Brice Mobiad v. 125 From off the Neck's hawl'd Handkerchief, or Stock, To save from Throttle by a coll'ring Shock.

1792 Brit. Apollo 32 Peace to his honest old soul, Tho' Death took him off with a throttle.

1801 G. Winter Animal Magnetism 116 His wife..informed me that he had been bolstered up in bed about a fortnight, his disease an asthma, that the throttles commenced about 2 hours before.

1857 Harper's Weekly 7 Feb. 82 He suddenly felt a throttle, and was felled to the ground.

a. A mechanism that controls the flow of a fluid by using constriction or obstruction; spec. = throttle valve n. at Compounds 2.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle

throttle valve1798

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > devices which operate

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1838 T. Baldock in T. Tredgold & W. S. B. Woolhouse Steam Engine (new ed.) I. App. ii. 34 The power is not lessened in the same proportion as the aperture of the throttle is diminished.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2564/1 Throttle, (Steam) a name for the Throttle-valve.

1886 U.S. Patent 344,542 5/1 A diaphragm connected to the throttle or regulating valve of the motor.

1903 Times 30 Apr. 3/2 He had slowed down..the motor-cycle..and had almost closed the throttle.

1922 Marine Rev. Apr. 79/1 Except in emergencies throttles should be carefully opened and closed.

1985 C. F. Taylor Internal-combustion Engine (ed. 2) I. 433 Opening the throttle, of course, is possible only if it is not fully open at the lower value of humidity.

2005 Pilot Oct. 59/3 If you descend with the throttle closed, the reduced pressure in the cylinders induces ring flutter, causing wear to the pistons and can even score the cylinders.

b. A pedal, lever, etc., used to control a throttle valve or other throttle mechanism; spec. the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle. Also more generally: any pedal, lever, etc., used to increase or decrease the speed of a motor vehicle. Also figurative.In early use more fully foot throttle.

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1902 Inst. Mech. Engineers Proc. 31 Oct. 789 For that reason they had endeavoured to do without a governor, and had connected the foot throttle to the brake pedal.

1903 N.Y. Times 25 Jan. 15/2 The speed can be regulated at the will of the operator, from four to thirty miles an hour, simply by pressure on the foot throttle and movement of the spark lever.

1957 A. C. Clarke Deep Range i. iv. 44 Franklin pressed down the throttle and felt the surge of power as the torpedo leaped forward.

1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving viii. 74 You brake with the ball of your foot and blip the throttle with your heel or the side of your foot.

1992 L. Epstein & J. F. Kobylka Supreme Court & Legal Change vii. 299 They would promote republican governance..by holding a steady hand on the throttle of the state.

1997 S. Turner Caging Genies i. 7 The sudden, bright-white glow of the after-burners as the pilots pushed throttles to maximum was an eerie sight.

2010 L. Burn Drag Racing iii. 102 I had to pump the throttle hard to keep the engine alive.

Phrases

P1. full throttle: maximum power or speed, achieved when the throttle valve is fully open; full capacity; (also used adverbially) at full speed or capacity. Frequently in at full throttle. Similarly half throttle, quarter throttle, etc. Also figurative. Cf. full-throttle adj. at full adj., n.², and adv. Compounds 1a(c)(ii).

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adverb] > at maximum speed of motor vehicle

at full throttle1973

1843 Pennsylvania Inquirer & National Gaz. 16 Oct. The steam, raising under full throttle, her speed gathering fast, when the ship shoaled so fast on the bar.

1893 Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Jrnl. Aug. 737/1 Where half throttle has been used, the cards show the proportion of mean effective pressure to be greatest with full throttle.

1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques viii. 50 Once one has grasped the principle behind Cost-Benefit..one can use the technique at quarter throttle, so to speak.

1973 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 1/5 The gunboat, believed to be the Odinn, avoided the ramming by sailing away at full throttle.

1991 N. Wyn Ellis John Major i. 12 Socialism was in retreat while the market economy was at full throttle.

2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Apr. a9/4 The driver slowly accelerates to about 60% of full throttle..and then steps off the gas, coasting until the car's speed drops.

P2. to cut (also chop) the throttle: to reduce power to an engine by closing the throttle valve, typically in order to cause a vehicle to slow down or stop.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (intransitive)] > close throttle, slow down or stop

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to cut (also chop) the throttle1911

1911 Motor Age 28 Dec. 33/2 Cutting the throttle to 400 revolutions per minute.

1948 N.Y. World-Telegram 30 Dec. 11/8 The pilot, coming in, doesn't chop the throttle. The jet pilot ‘turns down the wick’.

1962 Pop. Boating Apr. 16/2 Next cut the throttle to idle speed and adjust the low speed or idle knob until the motor operates smoothest.

2003 Condé Nast Traveller (U.K. ed.) Jan. 86/2 What it does..is cut the throttle and apply the brakes whenever its electronic sensors notice something untoward happening.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

†a. In sense 1, as throttle bone, throttle pipe. Obsolete.

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1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse iii. iii I'le cut your thrattle-pipe.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. ii. i. 11 The Throttle Bone of a Male Aquiqui.

1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 123 A hollow and hard bone placed in the throat, which the English call the throttle-bone.

1876 Notts. Guardian 27 Oct. 4/6 He made her nose bleed, and he put a few black marks on her ‘throttle pipe’.

b. In sense 4, as throttle cable, throttle control, throttle pedal, throttle position, etc.

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1868 Mechanics' Mag. 30 Oct. 353/1 Connect the throttle rod to the small valve A.

1879 Subject-matter Index Patents 1877 168/2 Equilibrated throttle-slide, or stop, for engines.

1901 Motor-car Jrnl. 20 July 383/1 Depressing the throttle pedal, we were soon running at five or six and twenty, beyond which, being new to the car, I did not care to go.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 10 Feb. 5/1 The throttle control is well worth careful attention.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 437/1 Idling adjustment, a setting of the slow-running jet and throttle position of a carburettor, so as to give regular idling.

1954 Techn. Man. No. 5-5009 (U.S. Dept. Army) iii. 59 Turn throttle control to a position halfway between STOP and RUN position.

1999 F1 Racing Nov. 88/1 A sheepish Mark Lenton from Arrows returns to the pits..—he's snapped the throttle cable.

2015 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 Oct. The throttle pedal was broken, and within minutes he was out of the race.

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throttle body n. (in an engine) the part of the air intake system that houses the throttle valve and thus controls the flow of air into the engine.

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1901 Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engin. 22 1057/2 Throttle body.

1942 Lima (Ohio) News 1 Jan. A cast-iron carburetor bowl and throttle body is used in place of zinc.

1996 Trailer Boats Oct. 20/1 Throttle-body injection (TBI) is one of the two most common types of fuel injection for sterndrive engines.

2013 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Dec. 16 Dirt and oil deposits can build up in the throttle body (the part that moves to control engine speed when you press the accelerator).

throttle damper n. an adjustable damper for a flue or chimney, working like a throttle valve.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment

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1849 U.S. Patent 6,182 3/1 In the blast-pipe there is a turning or throttle damper..which governs the passage from the case of the blowing-wheel to the ash-pit.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 894/1 A throttle damper, with arrow and quadrant, for regulating the passage of the flue and registering the same.

1975 Papers 1st Internat. Conf. Conversion Refuse to Energy 201 Due to the structure of the throttle damper, it was difficult to adjust the gas recirculation ratio.

throttlehold n. an extremely tight grip; spec. one around the neck that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough; (frequently (and in earliest use) figurative) complete or overwhelming control over a person, situation, etc.; now chiefly with on.Cf. stranglehold n. 1.

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1876 Brownstown (Indiana) Banner 23 Mar. Bondholders and capitalists..can well afford to clamor for a speedy return to specie payments, for it will but give them a tighter throttle-hold of those whom necessity has made their creditors.

1897 Daily Leader (Bloomington, Illinois) 27 Jan. 6/2 He [sc. the wrestler] gained the name of ‘Strangler’ from a peculiar throttle hold which he invented.

1921 Cornell Countryman May 446/1 These bankers have got a throttle hold on business.

1967 Canberra Times 9 Sept. 1/ Many police used restraint holds on marchers, but others used throttle holds, headlocks and half-nelsons.

2012 M. Brake Alien Life Imagined (2013) ii. 48 The Turkish throttlehold on eastern trade raised the compelling idea of venturing into the Indian Ocean by some way other than the Red Sea.

throttle ice n. (in the engine of an aircraft) ice that forms at or near a partly closed throttle.

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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > ice

throttle ice1942

1942 S.A.E. Jrnl. Jan. 22/1 Ice which collects in the induction system was divided into three classes: impact ice, throttle ice, and fuel evaporation ice... ‘Throttle ice’ is that which is formed at or near the throttle when the throttle is in a part-closed position due to the cooling effect of the increase in kinetic energy of the air in the restricted flow region.

1972 Gloss. Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) xv. 12 Throttle ice, ice formed in or near the engine throttle by the cooling due to isentropic expansion of the inspired air in the temperature range of 0°C to 5°C.

2008 AOPA Pilot June 139/1 Throttle ice, also called expansion ice, builds up at or near the throttle butterfly valve of the carburetor.

throttle jockey n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) an aircraft pilot; (also more generally) a person who operates the throttle of any vehicle; a person who enjoys driving or travelling at high speed.

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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot

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throttle jockey1946

1946 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 3 Nov. That lad Kelly is the best ‘51’ throttle jockey we've ever trained here at Lakeside Field!

1948 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 5 Aug. 12/2 Tonight, the Lexington throttle-jockey will face such stars as Billy Huber of Dayton, Ohio.

1962 Pop. Mech. Aug. 86/1 Gramp..blisters the flight-jacket off any throttle-jockeys unlucky enough to commit the spectacular blunders of the month.

1986 Ski Feb. 14/1 Throttle jockeys, take note. Colorado ski areas have authorized their ski patrols to mark reckless skiers with scarlet tags.

2012 Northern Miner (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 June 5 The event brought in rev heads and throttle jockeys from far and wide for some high octane, rubber-burning action.

throttle lever n. a lever used to control a throttle valve.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > devices for opening or closing

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1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 11 Nov. I had my hand on the throttle lever, and was looking ahead, but saw nothing.

1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 June 1362/2 The throttle lever is set at the maximum required, and practically the car is driven on the foot-brake.

2012 Earthmovers Apr. 17 A simple instrument panel, single light switch, throttle lever, high-backed seat with a seatbelt and joystick pods.

throttleman n. a person responsible for controlling the throttle or throttles of an engine.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle > one who operates

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1897 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 11 June The train is in charge of..Engine No. 125, with the crack throttle man, John Merritt.

1973 H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher (1974) xiv. 140 The throttleman nervously wiped his sweating hands on a hank of oily cotton waste.

2013 D. Pike Compl. RIB Man. iv. 82 The throttle man will constantly watch and assess the waves coming from ahead.

throttle response n. the speed with which the throttle in an engine responds to the accelerator pedal being depressed or released; (hence) the responsiveness of an engine to the throttle being opened or closed.

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1915 Automobile Topics 12 June 379/3 This free opening for gas admission is especially desirable in a long stroke motor of which quick throttle response is required.

1980 Daily Tel. 23 Jan. 14/4 Driving it in Portugal last week, I found it impressively smooth and quiet, with a quicker throttle response from low speeds than usual with a turbo.

2014 AutoWeek 21 July 28/2 Throttle response is nearly instant as long as you don't have the eco mode dialed up.

throttle valve n. (a) (in a steam engine) a valve that controls the flow of steam to the pistons; (b) (in an internal combustion engine) a valve that controls the amount of air (and fuel) entering the engine, and thus the speed of the engine.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle

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1798 T. Barnes in J. Tann Sel. Papers Boulton & Watt (1982) I. 67 I learnt our Enginemen to draw up the Men entirely with the Throttle Valve.

1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 129 A cock or valve, called the throttle-valve or regulator, placed on the pipe conveying the steam from the boiler.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2564/1 Throttle-valve,..in the Watt engine..a disk turning on an axis, and occupying in its transverse position the bore of the main steam-pipe..frequently an ordinary conical valve with a stem operated by a screw.

1890 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 12 Apr. 11904/3 Each cylinder..is provided with a throttle valve.

1969 W. Carroll Chevrolet V8 Performance Guide (ed. 3) 89 Be sure throttle valves on front and rear carburetors are completely closed.

2003 J. P. Lamb Perfecting Amer. Steam Locomotive vii. 124 The smokebox contains the throttle valve and piping to admit high-pressure steam.

2010 New Scientist 27 Mar. 21 Mechanical throttles use a flexible, sheathed cable, known as a Bowden cable, to transmit movement of the accelerator pedal to the engine's throttle valve.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

throttlev.

Brit.

/ˈθrɒtl/, U.S.

/ˈθrɑd(ə)l/

Forms:

α. Middle English–1500s throtil, Middle English–1600s throtel, Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s throtle, 1500s– throttle, 1600s throatle.

β. 1500s–1600s thratle, 1600s thrattell, 1500s–1600s (1800s English regional (Herefordshire)) thrattle.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: throat n., -le suffix.

Etymology: Probably < throat n. + -le suffix. Compare later throttle n. and earlier throat v.Compare German †drosseln (15th cent., now only in erdrosseln ), apparently < Middle High German drozzel throat (see throttle n.). With the β. forms compare variants at throttle n. and also thrapple v.

a. transitive. To asphyxiate (a person or animal); to choke, suffocate, stifle; esp. to attack or kill (a person or animal) by compressing or constricting the throat; to strangle. Also intransitive.In early use perhaps sometimes (esp. when rendering Latin jugulāre) ‘to kill, slaughter’ or ‘to kill by cutting or stabbing the throat’; cf. throat v. 1a.

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling

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to screw a person's neck1872

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to screw an animal's neck1888

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4813 (MED) Þan come þai blesnand till a barme of a brent lawe, Neȝe throtild with þe thik aire & thrange in þare andes.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 321 Boecius..was throtelede [L. eum jugulari fecit] in the territory Mediolanense.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 181 His felawes taken by Antonius..caste in to prison, were throtelede [L. strangulati] in hit.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 205^v Þan entrid this eugist..And with a thricche in the throte throtlet the kyng.

1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. iv. sig. H.iiii^v This Aristonicus was thratled [L. strangulatus] in prisone by the commandement of the Senate.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. xviii. 28 He found one of his fellow-seruants..and..thratled [L. suffocabat] him saying Repay that thou owest.

1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 15 One of them thratled him so sore by the wind-pipe, that he could make no noise, but sodainly sunke to the ground.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World i. xxxvi. §31. 61/2 The Rats..fell upon the Archbishop, gnawing and biting, and throttling and tearing, and tugging him most miserably till he dyed.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 40 His Throat half throtled with Corrupted Fleam.

1730 J. Swift Excellent New Ballad (single sheet) Then Throttle thy self with an Ell of strong Tape.

1746 P. Dod Several Cases in Physic ii. 9 He..was seiz'd with a violent Shortness of Breath, which increas'd upon him..in the Morning, so that he was in danger of being what they call throttled.

1795 R. B. Sheridan Camp i. i. 6 Hold your tongue, or I'll throttle you, you sheep biter.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 130 The dog..pulled down and throttled one of the Hermit's she-goats.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iv. 182 Party tugging and throttling with Party might have suppressed and smothered one another.

1910 Times 18 Aug. 6/5 She then noticed that her brother seemed to be throttling her father.

1961 Life 8 Sept. 114/2 She would cheerfully have throttled her autocratic husband.

2003 M. Bunce Happily Ever After 52 They throttled and whacked and pinched and smacked.

2009 G. Arbuthnott Keepers' Tattoo (2010) 377 The cords that had been used to throttle them still bit into the dead flesh.

†b. intransitive. To struggle for breath, to choke. Obsolete.

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the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of suffocation or choking

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > be killed [verb (intransitive)] > by suffocation

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1655 T. White Method Art Divine Medit. 249 When he died, didst thou not see..how he throtl'd in the throat, how his teeth grated, how he sweated and strugled for life, and at last gaspt, and died.

a1687 H. More in Life R. Ward (1710) 208 She dyed without any Fever,..drawing her Breath a while as one asleep, without throatling.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Throttle..2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.

1862 Quiver 9 Aug. 333/1 A portly man, with a padded breast and a red face, who always looked as if he were throttling.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 3/1 The child throttled and died in my arms.

c. transitive. In extended use. To wrap or tie something tightly around, esp. so as to compress, constrain, or constrict; (occasionally) spec. to draw closed the mouth of (a bag, net, etc.).

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround closely or tightly

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1863 B. Brierley Chrons. Waverlow 228 The lower [portion of these figures] was..‘throttled’ in unyielding pantaloons.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 115 Let a man once throttle himself with a satin stock.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. vii. 86 I never had throttled a finger before, and it [sc. the ring] looked very queer..upon my great..hand.

1912 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1912–13 30 30 A rope passes round the non-filtering part of the net through brass rings and forms a noose, the function of which is to throttle the net when the rope..is pulled.

1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence i. ix. 65 The peeling stucco house with a giant wisteria throttling its feeble cast-iron balcony.

1985 N. Sahgal Rich like Us ix. 101 He had..never had a sari throttling his legs, making walking in the wind and running to catch a bus a threat to life and limb.

2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean i. 18 Sliding a heavy weight down the wire to activate a closing mechanism which throttles the net.

†a. transitive. To cut short (an utterance, speech, etc.) as if deprived of the power of speech by choking; (with forth, out) to say or utter in a choking or halting voice. Also intransitive: to speak haltingly; to stammer. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)]

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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > throatily or harshly

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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 76 Her talck in the mydel, with this last parlye, she throtled [L. abrumpit].

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 97 I haue seene them shiuer and looke pale,..Throttle their practiz'd accent in their feares.

1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. i. 80 With a hollow voice, he thratled forth these few words. My dearest friends, let me intreat you [etc.].

1624 J. Gee in G. Webbe Catalogus Protestantium Ep. Rdr. sig. ¶^v Our Priests and Jesuites for their vnpleasant clamorous, and obstriperous sound, not vnfitly resembling Frogs and Locusts, haue of late dayes beene croaking and throtling out this harsh note and noyse to euery Protestant passenger.

1810 J. Thelwall Let. to Henry Cline 59 If little master hath a papa, or little miss a grandpapa, that stammers, or that gabbles, or that throttles,—is it extraordinary, that the one..should imitate this defect of the person from whom he is constantly aping almost every other action?

b. transitive. To stop (a person, group, etc.) from speaking or expressing an opinion; to silence. Cf. sense 2a.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence > by force

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1641 J. Milton Animadversions 22 And thus you throttle your selfe with your owne Similies.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark iii. 2) It is a brave thing to throttle envy, to stop an evil mouth.

1838 R. W. Emerson Addr. Divinity Coll. 16 The injury to faith throttles the preacher.

1876 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 465 Office-holders..have laughed in the face of every decent remonstrant, and throttled every honest political opinion within their party lines.

1901 Scotsman 7 Mar. 6/2 If it were given any quarter, it would throttle Parliament.

1957 J. J. Kilpatrick Sovereign States ii. iv. 69 Chase throttled defense counsel, and badgered attorneys until they retired in disgust.

2007 Independent (Nexis) 12 July His hamfisted efforts to throttle the free media.

c. transitive. To refrain from uttering or expressing; to keep down, repress.

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check

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1862 ‘H. Bell’ Yorks. Tales & Legends 207 Oh dear! I'm trying to throttle my joy while it makes me feel poorly—but I'se be better bye and by.

1895 J. L. Long Miss Cherry-Blossom i. 10 His perverse underself insinuated that perhaps this relapse was because Mrs. Haines was not visible. He throttled the thought.

1913 Boston Post 28 June 10/3 He throttled that sneeze in its conception, nipped it in the bud.

1934 H. Roth Call it Sleep II. iii. 149 She reddened as though she had throttled a powerful impulse to blurt out something.

2000 J. S. Borthwick Coup de Grâce i. 12 She throttled a remark about having heard so much about her.

3. transitive. To constrain to a damaging degree; to hinder, inhibit, thwart; to crush, destroy.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)]

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to take the wind out of the sails of1822

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil

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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > prevent from free course or development

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1825 Times 4 Apr. 2/5 The right honourable gentleman..was throttling the national industry.

1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 29 June 5/3 The present alien land law should be repealed, or else so amended as not to throttle the future growth and prosperity of Texas.

1911 State & Local Taxation 5 74 This land company..throttles the growth of the town and pays scanty taxes on its bare acres.

1973 N. Monsarrat Kappillan of Malta 76 Over the years the city-state was ringed..and gently, inexorably throttled.

2004 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 12 Apr. 18 Tax law in the UK has become such a complex beast that it now threatens to throttle the very business activity and creativity upon which the government's revenue base is founded.

a. transitive. To reduce or stop the flow of (a fluid in a tube, etc.), esp. by means of a valve or throttle; to regulate the supply of steam, fuel, etc., to (an engine) in this way. Also: to control the power or speed of (an engine or motor vehicle) by means of a throttle lever or pedal.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (intransitive)] > close throttle, slow down or stop

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to cut (also chop) the throttle1911

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (transitive)] > check flow of fuel

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1827 T. Tredgold Steam Engine viii. 274 Otherwise the steam must be always throttled.

1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 75 It would be better to use the steam expansively, rather than to throttle it by means of the regulator.

1884 R. Wilson in Pall Mall Gaz. 19 May 11/2 How..can the pressure be reduced from two inches or more to eight-tenths? By throttling the gas at the meter or at the burner.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 932 As the stenosis throttles the wave the increased velocity of the blood is counteracted by the rising pressure in the aorta.

1907 Daily Chron. 29 July 5/5 The [motor] bus started skidding. I throttled the engine and stuck to my seat as long as I could.

1996 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 27 She said her eyes were glued to the speedo as Spurle throttled the car rapidly past the 100km/h mark.

2015 J. Baechtel Pract. Engine Airflow iii. 47/2 The carburetor..throttles the engine by regulating air and fuel delivery in the required proportions for the performance demand.

b. With adverbs.

(a) transitive. With back, down, off. To reduce the flow of (steam, fuel, etc.) to an engine by closing a valve or throttle; to decrease power to or slow down (an engine or motor vehicle) by means of a throttle lever or pedal. Also figurative. Also intransitive.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (transitive)] > close throttle of an engine, slow down or stop

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1846 Mech. Mag. 5 Dec. 537 With..the steam throttled off to the least practicable amount.

1897 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 17 July 4/4 The engineer in charge began to throttle down.

1914 G. Hamel & C. C. Turner Flying 134 Nearer and nearer we approach and now our pilot throttles down the engine.

1932 D. Garnett Rabbit in Air iii. 82 The altimeter was at 3000. I throttled back.

1973 R. Rosenblum Mushroom Cave (1974) 101 The pilot throttled back to float the helicopter over a large network of paths.

1991 Fantasy Spring 49/1 She throttled back the elation that flooded her.

2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 62 When he sees the vehicle pulled off onto the shoulder with its hood up, he throttles off instinctively.

2009 Vanity Fair June 86/2 During those descents the engines are throttled back to a minimum setting known as ‘flight idle’.

(b) transitive. With up. To increase power to or speed up (an engine or motor vehicle) by means of a throttle lever or pedal. Also figurative. Also intransitive.

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1884 Jrnl. Franklin Instit. Jan. 2 The pressure is not lost by throttling up to the actual point of cut-off.

1889 J. D. Churchill Marine Engine Governors in Trans. Instit. Marine Engineers 1 20 As bearing out Mr. Thomason's remarks regarding the amount of travel of Governor valves being rendered useless when engines are throttled up, I may mention [etc.].

1909 S. Ford Honk, Honk!! iv. 30 Instead of throttlin' down..I must have throttled up; for we begins to shoot down that hill.

1963 Financial Times 15 Oct. 11 (advt.) Forward-looking industries put the brake on production costs and throttle up output..by modernising with CP cost cutting tools and equipment.

1994 Aircraft Illustr. Apr. 25 With the fuel system shut off, the TF30 is throttled up one last time to burn the residual fuel in the fuel lines and engine to prevent a fuel accumulation there.

2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 7 Somewhere in the dark an outboard started... It idled briefly and as it throttled up she saw for only a moment the hint of a white wake on the lagoon.

5. transitive. Computing. In a computer network, esp. the internet: to restrict or limit temporarily the (bandwidth) available to a connection, user, etc.; to impose such a restriction or limitation on (a connection, user, etc.); to restrict (the speed) of data transfer in this way.

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1976 IEEE Trans. Computers 25 1331/2 The purpose of a flow control procedure is to throttle the input traffic and to allocate network resources in a way which expedites the flow of traffic through the network.

1988 TCP rate control? 6 Mar. in comp.protocols.tcp-ip (Usenet newsgroup) This limits your ability to throttle the connection's bandwidth further.

2002 Australian (Nexis) 21 May (Features section) 34 Rather than disconnect users or charge them more for exceeding their limit, Optus would throttle the download speed to the equivalent of a 28.8Kbps modem for the remainder of the month.

2005 InfoWorld 29 Aug. 24 Symantec uses a technique similar to that of CipherTrust, relying on the Brightmail reputation service and then throttling connections from IP addresses with bad reputations.

2010 Roblin (Manitoba) Rev. 22 June 4/2 They will throttle the bandwidth of your connection if they deem that you are using too much. And here, ‘too much’ means ‘what you paid for’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	throttle
释义	throttlen. Brit. /ˈθrɒtl/, U.S. /ˈθrɑd(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s throtal, 1500s throttil, 1500s– throttle, 1600s thrattle (north.), 1600s throatle, 1700s throtle. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: thrapple n.; throttle v. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Originally (in branch I.) perhaps (i) an alteration of thrapple n. after throat n., throttle v. and related words, or perhaps (ii) < throttle v. Compare Middle High German drozzel neck, throat, gullet, apparently ultimately < a suffixed form (compare -el suffix¹) of the Germanic base of throat n. In branch II. < throttle v.In throttle valve n. at Compounds 2 and sense 4, apparently originally reflecting comparison of the use of this valve to restrict the flow of steam or fuel through a pipe with the act of strangulation or asphyxiation (compare throttle v. 1a). With similar semantic development compare also choke n.² I. The throat. 1. The throat. Now chiefly colloquial or regional.In quot. 1833 (in extended use): the neck of a bottle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > throat or gullet > [noun] rakeeOE cudeOE weasanda1000 chelc1000 throatOE garget13.. gorgec1390 oesophagusa1398 meria1400 oesophagea1400 swallowa1400 cannelc1400 gull1412 channelc1425 halsec1440 gully1538 encla?1541 stomach?1541 lane1542 weasand-pipe1544 throttlea1547 meat-pipe1553 gargil1558 guttur1562 cropc1580 gurgulio1630 gule1659 gutter lane1684 red lane1701 swallow-pipe1786 neck1818 gullet-pipe1837 foodway1904 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > bottle > neck necka1398 bottleneck1712 throttle1833 a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) iv. sig. E.iii^v Amid his throtal [1554 throte] his voice likewise gan stick [L. vox faucibus hæsit, a1522 Douglas tr. the voce stak in his hals]. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiv^v/1 A Throttil, guttus uris, hoc. A Throppil, idem, iugulum. 1655 R. Bayfield Enchiridion Medicum iii. xxviii. 273 Swallowing is painefull to the patient, he hath a feaver: and many times the muscles of the throttle and neck, is so swollen together with the glandules, that the patient is strangled. 1680 Roger, West-country Lad (single sheet) He has a fine Nose that is like to a Bottle, But it bends somewhat downwards and covers his Throttle. c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. iii. 32 This pipe is called the Trachea..which Name it obtains from the Throtle to the Lungs. 1791 C. Stuart & J. O'Keeffe Gretna Green i. i. 7 Lovely bottle, Warms my throttle, Makes me niddle noddle queerly. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. xv. 223 Under the grasp which the steward held on his throttle. 1833 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 171 Certain bottles Made long in the throttles. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 132 Now, here's a bottle, Wherefrom, sometimes, I wet my throttle. 1900 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 2 Jan. 6/2 A dreadfully stiff leather-looking stock round his throttle. 1979 A. Sillitoe Storyteller I. v. 74 I don't know whether you are dry at the throttle, but I'm parched. 1994 C. Upton et al. Surv. Eng. Dial.: Dict. & Gram. Throttle, a throat. †2. The larynx. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > speech organs > types of speech organ > [noun] > throat > larynx throat-bolleOE larynx1578 throttle1615 Adam's apple1625 voice box1835 apple1895 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 763 Because the actions of the Throttle or Larynx are perfourmed with voluntary motion, Nature hath giuen it muscles. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxvii. 174 The windepipe..in this birde [bittern]..hath no Larinx or throttle to qualifie the sound. View more context for this quotation 1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide i. vi. 99 It also gives Rise to some of those Muscles that move the Larynx or Throttle. 1905 Daily Chron. 16 Mar. 3/4 He used to carry home to me..from his anatomy class..the throttles of all kinds of animals!—chickens, sheep and cows. You would imagine that these cartilaginous larynxes, red from the operating table, would have disgusted me. II. Senses related to throttle v. †3. The action of throttling or fact of being throttled; asphyxiation, choking; an instance of this. Also in plural with the: an ailment characterized by choking, coughing, or shortness of breath (cf. throttle v. 1b). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking strangulation1542 stifling1548 suffocation1567 throttling1599 throttle1622 asphyxia1778 asphyxy1784 smotheration1826 asphyxiation1866 asphyxiating1872 melanaema1892 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 24 They cramme their crawes like so many Capons in a Coope, till they can swallow no more, and so die of the throttle [Sp. con que los matan]. 1733 ‘Country Physician’ Remarks upon late Scurrilous Pamphlet 32 She was taken with the Throttles, of which she died in twenty four Hours. 1770 A. Brice Mobiad v. 125 From off the Neck's hawl'd Handkerchief, or Stock, To save from Throttle by a coll'ring Shock. 1792 Brit. Apollo 32 Peace to his honest old soul, Tho' Death took him off with a throttle. 1801 G. Winter Animal Magnetism 116 His wife..informed me that he had been bolstered up in bed about a fortnight, his disease an asthma, that the throttles commenced about 2 hours before. 1857 Harper's Weekly 7 Feb. 82 He suddenly felt a throttle, and was felled to the ground. 4. a. A mechanism that controls the flow of a fluid by using constriction or obstruction; spec. = throttle valve n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle throttle valve1798 throttle1838 throttler1850 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle throttle valve1798 throttle1838 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > devices which operate throttle1838 rocker arm1850 timing gear1885 rocker1915 valve train1955 1838 T. Baldock in T. Tredgold & W. S. B. Woolhouse Steam Engine (new ed.) I. App. ii. 34 The power is not lessened in the same proportion as the aperture of the throttle is diminished. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2564/1 Throttle, (Steam) a name for the Throttle-valve. 1886 U.S. Patent 344,542 5/1 A diaphragm connected to the throttle or regulating valve of the motor. 1903 Times 30 Apr. 3/2 He had slowed down..the motor-cycle..and had almost closed the throttle. 1922 Marine Rev. Apr. 79/1 Except in emergencies throttles should be carefully opened and closed. 1985 C. F. Taylor Internal-combustion Engine (ed. 2) I. 433 Opening the throttle, of course, is possible only if it is not fully open at the lower value of humidity. 2005 Pilot Oct. 59/3 If you descend with the throttle closed, the reduced pressure in the cylinders induces ring flutter, causing wear to the pistons and can even score the cylinders. b. A pedal, lever, etc., used to control a throttle valve or other throttle mechanism; spec. the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle. Also more generally: any pedal, lever, etc., used to increase or decrease the speed of a motor vehicle. Also figurative.In early use more fully foot throttle. ΚΠ 1902 Inst. Mech. Engineers Proc. 31 Oct. 789 For that reason they had endeavoured to do without a governor, and had connected the foot throttle to the brake pedal. 1903 N.Y. Times 25 Jan. 15/2 The speed can be regulated at the will of the operator, from four to thirty miles an hour, simply by pressure on the foot throttle and movement of the spark lever. 1957 A. C. Clarke Deep Range i. iv. 44 Franklin pressed down the throttle and felt the surge of power as the torpedo leaped forward. 1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving viii. 74 You brake with the ball of your foot and blip the throttle with your heel or the side of your foot. 1992 L. Epstein & J. F. Kobylka Supreme Court & Legal Change vii. 299 They would promote republican governance..by holding a steady hand on the throttle of the state. 1997 S. Turner Caging Genies i. 7 The sudden, bright-white glow of the after-burners as the pilots pushed throttles to maximum was an eerie sight. 2010 L. Burn Drag Racing iii. 102 I had to pump the throttle hard to keep the engine alive. Phrases P1. full throttle: maximum power or speed, achieved when the throttle valve is fully open; full capacity; (also used adverbially) at full speed or capacity. Frequently in at full throttle. Similarly half throttle, quarter throttle, etc. Also figurative. Cf. full-throttle adj. at full adj., n.², and adv. Compounds 1a(c)(ii). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adverb] > at maximum speed of motor vehicle at full throttle1973 1843 Pennsylvania Inquirer & National Gaz. 16 Oct. The steam, raising under full throttle, her speed gathering fast, when the ship shoaled so fast on the bar. 1893 Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Jrnl. Aug. 737/1 Where half throttle has been used, the cards show the proportion of mean effective pressure to be greatest with full throttle. 1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques viii. 50 Once one has grasped the principle behind Cost-Benefit..one can use the technique at quarter throttle, so to speak. 1973 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 1/5 The gunboat, believed to be the Odinn, avoided the ramming by sailing away at full throttle. 1991 N. Wyn Ellis John Major i. 12 Socialism was in retreat while the market economy was at full throttle. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Apr. a9/4 The driver slowly accelerates to about 60% of full throttle..and then steps off the gas, coasting until the car's speed drops. P2. to cut (also chop) the throttle: to reduce power to an engine by closing the throttle valve, typically in order to cause a vehicle to slow down or stop. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (intransitive)] > close throttle, slow down or stop throttle1827 to cut (also chop) the throttle1911 1911 Motor Age 28 Dec. 33/2 Cutting the throttle to 400 revolutions per minute. 1948 N.Y. World-Telegram 30 Dec. 11/8 The pilot, coming in, doesn't chop the throttle. The jet pilot ‘turns down the wick’. 1962 Pop. Boating Apr. 16/2 Next cut the throttle to idle speed and adjust the low speed or idle knob until the motor operates smoothest. 2003 Condé Nast Traveller (U.K. ed.) Jan. 86/2 What it does..is cut the throttle and apply the brakes whenever its electronic sensors notice something untoward happening. Compounds C1. General attributive. †a. In sense 1, as throttle bone, throttle pipe. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse iii. iii I'le cut your thrattle-pipe. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. ii. i. 11 The Throttle Bone of a Male Aquiqui. 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 123 A hollow and hard bone placed in the throat, which the English call the throttle-bone. 1876 Notts. Guardian 27 Oct. 4/6 He made her nose bleed, and he put a few black marks on her ‘throttle pipe’. b. In sense 4, as throttle cable, throttle control, throttle pedal, throttle position, etc. ΚΠ 1868 Mechanics' Mag. 30 Oct. 353/1 Connect the throttle rod to the small valve A. 1879 Subject-matter Index Patents 1877 168/2 Equilibrated throttle-slide, or stop, for engines. 1901 Motor-car Jrnl. 20 July 383/1 Depressing the throttle pedal, we were soon running at five or six and twenty, beyond which, being new to the car, I did not care to go. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 10 Feb. 5/1 The throttle control is well worth careful attention. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 437/1 Idling adjustment, a setting of the slow-running jet and throttle position of a carburettor, so as to give regular idling. 1954 Techn. Man. No. 5-5009 (U.S. Dept. Army) iii. 59 Turn throttle control to a position halfway between STOP and RUN position. 1999 F1 Racing Nov. 88/1 A sheepish Mark Lenton from Arrows returns to the pits..—he's snapped the throttle cable. 2015 Sc. Daily Mail (Nexis) 12 Oct. The throttle pedal was broken, and within minutes he was out of the race. C2. throttle body n. (in an engine) the part of the air intake system that houses the throttle valve and thus controls the flow of air into the engine. ΚΠ 1901 Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engin. 22 1057/2 Throttle body. 1942 Lima (Ohio) News 1 Jan. A cast-iron carburetor bowl and throttle body is used in place of zinc. 1996 Trailer Boats Oct. 20/1 Throttle-body injection (TBI) is one of the two most common types of fuel injection for sterndrive engines. 2013 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Dec. 16 Dirt and oil deposits can build up in the throttle body (the part that moves to control engine speed when you press the accelerator). throttle damper n. an adjustable damper for a flue or chimney, working like a throttle valve. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment pollhache1324 poleaxe1356 muckrake1366 pestlea1382 botea1450 staff1459 press-board1558 reel1593 water crane1658 lathekin1659 tower1662 dressing hook1683 liner1683 hovel1686 flax-brake1688 nipper1688 horse1728 tap1797 feather-stick1824 bow1839 safety belt1840 economizer1841 throttle damper1849 cleat1854 leg brace1857 bark-peeler1862 pugging screw1862 nail driver1863 spool1864 turntable1865 ovate1872 tension bar1879 icebreaker1881 spreader1881 toucher1881 window pole1888 mushroom head1890 rat1894 slackline1896 auger1897 latch hook1900 thimble1901 horse1904 pipe jack1909 mulcher1910 hand plate1911 splashguard1917 cheese-cutter1927 airbrasive1945 impactor1945 fogger1946 1849 U.S. Patent 6,182 3/1 In the blast-pipe there is a turning or throttle damper..which governs the passage from the case of the blowing-wheel to the ash-pit. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 894/1 A throttle damper, with arrow and quadrant, for regulating the passage of the flue and registering the same. 1975 Papers 1st Internat. Conf. Conversion Refuse to Energy 201 Due to the structure of the throttle damper, it was difficult to adjust the gas recirculation ratio. throttlehold n. an extremely tight grip; spec. one around the neck that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough; (frequently (and in earliest use) figurative) complete or overwhelming control over a person, situation, etc.; now chiefly with on.Cf. stranglehold n. 1. ΚΠ 1876 Brownstown (Indiana) Banner 23 Mar. Bondholders and capitalists..can well afford to clamor for a speedy return to specie payments, for it will but give them a tighter throttle-hold of those whom necessity has made their creditors. 1897 Daily Leader (Bloomington, Illinois) 27 Jan. 6/2 He [sc. the wrestler] gained the name of ‘Strangler’ from a peculiar throttle hold which he invented. 1921 Cornell Countryman May 446/1 These bankers have got a throttle hold on business. 1967 Canberra Times 9 Sept. 1/ Many police used restraint holds on marchers, but others used throttle holds, headlocks and half-nelsons. 2012 M. Brake Alien Life Imagined (2013) ii. 48 The Turkish throttlehold on eastern trade raised the compelling idea of venturing into the Indian Ocean by some way other than the Red Sea. throttle ice n. (in the engine of an aircraft) ice that forms at or near a partly closed throttle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > air as medium for operation of aircraft > [noun] > ice throttle ice1942 1942 S.A.E. Jrnl. Jan. 22/1 Ice which collects in the induction system was divided into three classes: impact ice, throttle ice, and fuel evaporation ice... ‘Throttle ice’ is that which is formed at or near the throttle when the throttle is in a part-closed position due to the cooling effect of the increase in kinetic energy of the air in the restricted flow region. 1972 Gloss. Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) xv. 12 Throttle ice, ice formed in or near the engine throttle by the cooling due to isentropic expansion of the inspired air in the temperature range of 0°C to 5°C. 2008 AOPA Pilot June 139/1 Throttle ice, also called expansion ice, builds up at or near the throttle butterfly valve of the carburetor. throttle jockey n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.) an aircraft pilot; (also more generally) a person who operates the throttle of any vehicle; a person who enjoys driving or travelling at high speed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot lodemanc1000 steermanc1000 steersmanc1000 rudderOE governorc1384 lodesmanc1385 shipmasterc1440 pilot1481 steersmatea1575 sternman1582 steerer1585 helmsman1622 piloteer1650 conder1693 timoneer1762 sea-conny1801 boat-setter1814 manjee1829 wheelman1865 throttle jockey1946 1946 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 3 Nov. That lad Kelly is the best ‘51’ throttle jockey we've ever trained here at Lakeside Field! 1948 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 5 Aug. 12/2 Tonight, the Lexington throttle-jockey will face such stars as Billy Huber of Dayton, Ohio. 1962 Pop. Mech. Aug. 86/1 Gramp..blisters the flight-jacket off any throttle-jockeys unlucky enough to commit the spectacular blunders of the month. 1986 Ski Feb. 14/1 Throttle jockeys, take note. Colorado ski areas have authorized their ski patrols to mark reckless skiers with scarlet tags. 2012 Northern Miner (Austral.) (Nexis) 15 June 5 The event brought in rev heads and throttle jockeys from far and wide for some high octane, rubber-burning action. throttle lever n. a lever used to control a throttle valve. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > devices for opening or closing scoggan1719 plug-frame1734 spanner1773 plug-tree1782 plug-rod1794 throttle lever1839 1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 11 Nov. I had my hand on the throttle lever, and was looking ahead, but saw nothing. 1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 June 1362/2 The throttle lever is set at the maximum required, and practically the car is driven on the foot-brake. 2012 Earthmovers Apr. 17 A simple instrument panel, single light switch, throttle lever, high-backed seat with a seatbelt and joystick pods. throttleman n. a person responsible for controlling the throttle or throttles of an engine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle > one who operates throttleman1897 1897 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 11 June The train is in charge of..Engine No. 125, with the crack throttle man, John Merritt. 1973 H. Gruppe Truxton Cipher (1974) xiv. 140 The throttleman nervously wiped his sweating hands on a hank of oily cotton waste. 2013 D. Pike Compl. RIB Man. iv. 82 The throttle man will constantly watch and assess the waves coming from ahead. throttle response n. the speed with which the throttle in an engine responds to the accelerator pedal being depressed or released; (hence) the responsiveness of an engine to the throttle being opened or closed. ΚΠ 1915 Automobile Topics 12 June 379/3 This free opening for gas admission is especially desirable in a long stroke motor of which quick throttle response is required. 1980 Daily Tel. 23 Jan. 14/4 Driving it in Portugal last week, I found it impressively smooth and quiet, with a quicker throttle response from low speeds than usual with a turbo. 2014 AutoWeek 21 July 28/2 Throttle response is nearly instant as long as you don't have the eco mode dialed up. throttle valve n. (a) (in a steam engine) a valve that controls the flow of steam to the pistons; (b) (in an internal combustion engine) a valve that controls the amount of air (and fuel) entering the engine, and thus the speed of the engine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle throttle valve1798 throttle1838 throttler1850 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > parts of > valves > throttle throttle valve1798 throttle1838 1798 T. Barnes in J. Tann Sel. Papers Boulton & Watt (1982) I. 67 I learnt our Enginemen to draw up the Men entirely with the Throttle Valve. 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 129 A cock or valve, called the throttle-valve or regulator, placed on the pipe conveying the steam from the boiler. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2564/1 Throttle-valve,..in the Watt engine..a disk turning on an axis, and occupying in its transverse position the bore of the main steam-pipe..frequently an ordinary conical valve with a stem operated by a screw. 1890 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 12 Apr. 11904/3 Each cylinder..is provided with a throttle valve. 1969 W. Carroll Chevrolet V8 Performance Guide (ed. 3) 89 Be sure throttle valves on front and rear carburetors are completely closed. 2003 J. P. Lamb Perfecting Amer. Steam Locomotive vii. 124 The smokebox contains the throttle valve and piping to admit high-pressure steam. 2010 New Scientist 27 Mar. 21 Mechanical throttles use a flexible, sheathed cable, known as a Bowden cable, to transmit movement of the accelerator pedal to the engine's throttle valve. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). throttlev. Brit. /ˈθrɒtl/, U.S. /ˈθrɑd(ə)l/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s throtil, Middle English–1600s throtel, Middle English (in a late copy)–1600s throtle, 1500s– throttle, 1600s throatle. β. 1500s–1600s thratle, 1600s thrattell, 1500s–1600s (1800s English regional (Herefordshire)) thrattle. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: throat n., -le suffix. Etymology: Probably < throat n. + -le suffix. Compare later throttle n. and earlier throat v.Compare German †drosseln (15th cent., now only in erdrosseln ), apparently < Middle High German drozzel throat (see throttle n.). With the β. forms compare variants at throttle n. and also thrapple v. 1. a. transitive. To asphyxiate (a person or animal); to choke, suffocate, stifle; esp. to attack or kill (a person or animal) by compressing or constricting the throat; to strangle. Also intransitive.In early use perhaps sometimes (esp. when rendering Latin jugulāre) ‘to kill, slaughter’ or ‘to kill by cutting or stabbing the throat’; cf. throat v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by strangling aworryc885 achokeOE astrangle1297 strangle13.. worry14.. choke1303 weary1340 gnarec1380 athroatc1400 enstranglec1400 gagc1440 throttlec1450 estrangle1483 stifle1548 snarl1563 thrapple1570 quackle1622 bowstring1803 scrag1823 strangulate1846 mug1866 to screw a person's neck1872 garrotte1878 guzzle1885 to screw an animal's neck1888 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4813 (MED) Þan come þai blesnand till a barme of a brent lawe, Neȝe throtild with þe thik aire & thrange in þare andes. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 321 Boecius..was throtelede [L. eum jugulari fecit] in the territory Mediolanense. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1872) IV. 181 His felawes taken by Antonius..caste in to prison, were throtelede [L. strangulati] in hit. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 205^v Þan entrid this eugist..And with a thricche in the throte throtlet the kyng. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. iv. sig. H.iiii^v This Aristonicus was thratled [L. strangulatus] in prisone by the commandement of the Senate. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. xviii. 28 He found one of his fellow-seruants..and..thratled [L. suffocabat] him saying Repay that thou owest. 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 15 One of them thratled him so sore by the wind-pipe, that he could make no noise, but sodainly sunke to the ground. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World i. xxxvi. §31. 61/2 The Rats..fell upon the Archbishop, gnawing and biting, and throttling and tearing, and tugging him most miserably till he dyed. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires iii. 40 His Throat half throtled with Corrupted Fleam. 1730 J. Swift Excellent New Ballad (single sheet) Then Throttle thy self with an Ell of strong Tape. 1746 P. Dod Several Cases in Physic ii. 9 He..was seiz'd with a violent Shortness of Breath, which increas'd upon him..in the Morning, so that he was in danger of being what they call throttled. 1795 R. B. Sheridan Camp i. i. 6 Hold your tongue, or I'll throttle you, you sheep biter. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 130 The dog..pulled down and throttled one of the Hermit's she-goats. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iv. 182 Party tugging and throttling with Party might have suppressed and smothered one another. 1910 Times 18 Aug. 6/5 She then noticed that her brother seemed to be throttling her father. 1961 Life 8 Sept. 114/2 She would cheerfully have throttled her autocratic husband. 2003 M. Bunce Happily Ever After 52 They throttled and whacked and pinched and smacked. 2009 G. Arbuthnott Keepers' Tattoo (2010) 377 The cords that had been used to throttle them still bit into the dead flesh. †b. intransitive. To struggle for breath, to choke. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of suffocation or choking strangle1338 smore1488 smoor1508 smotherc1528 to choke up1555 stifle1594 throttle1655 suffocate1702 quackle1806 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > be killed [verb (intransitive)] > by suffocation choke?a1400 throttle1655 1655 T. White Method Art Divine Medit. 249 When he died, didst thou not see..how he throtl'd in the throat, how his teeth grated, how he sweated and strugled for life, and at last gaspt, and died. a1687 H. More in Life R. Ward (1710) 208 She dyed without any Fever,..drawing her Breath a while as one asleep, without throatling. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Throttle..2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated. 1862 Quiver 9 Aug. 333/1 A portly man, with a padded breast and a red face, who always looked as if he were throttling. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 3/1 The child throttled and died in my arms. c. transitive. In extended use. To wrap or tie something tightly around, esp. so as to compress, constrain, or constrict; (occasionally) spec. to draw closed the mouth of (a bag, net, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict thrumc1275 constrainc1374 nip1381 rinea1398 compress1398 withstrainc1400 coarctc1420 pincha1425 strain1426 nipe1440 thrumble1513 comprime?1541 astrict1548 sneap1598 cling1601 wring1603 constringe1609 coarctate1620 compinge1621 choke1635 compel1657 cramp1673 hunch1738 constrict1759 tighten1853 scrunch1861 throttle1863 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround closely or tightly clipc825 fathomOE windc1175 truss1340 embracec1360 bindc1384 clasp1447 complect1523 circumplect1578 embrace1578 enclasp1596 entwist1600 beclasp1608 chaina1616 inclipa1616 corsleta1625 circumplex1632 enlace1633 entwine1633 comply1648 throttle1863 1863 B. Brierley Chrons. Waverlow 228 The lower [portion of these figures] was..‘throttled’ in unyielding pantaloons. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 115 Let a man once throttle himself with a satin stock. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. vii. 86 I never had throttled a finger before, and it [sc. the ring] looked very queer..upon my great..hand. 1912 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1912–13 30 30 A rope passes round the non-filtering part of the net through brass rings and forms a noose, the function of which is to throttle the net when the rope..is pulled. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence i. ix. 65 The peeling stucco house with a giant wisteria throttling its feeble cast-iron balcony. 1985 N. Sahgal Rich like Us ix. 101 He had..never had a sari throttling his legs, making walking in the wind and running to catch a bus a threat to life and limb. 2002 P. Herring Biol. Deep Ocean i. 18 Sliding a heavy weight down the wire to activate a closing mechanism which throttles the net. 2. †a. transitive. To cut short (an utterance, speech, etc.) as if deprived of the power of speech by choking; (with forth, out) to say or utter in a choking or halting voice. Also intransitive: to speak haltingly; to stammer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > refrain from uttering [verb (transitive)] suppress1533 throttle1582 swallowa1643 the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > throatily or harshly jangle1377 brayc1400 out-braya1561 yawp1567 throttle1582 swoop1605 throat?1611 caw1616 gargle1635 snarl1693 growl1759 croak1791 rasp1877 to grind out1889 grate1921 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 76 Her talck in the mydel, with this last parlye, she throtled [L. abrumpit]. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 97 I haue seene them shiuer and looke pale,..Throttle their practiz'd accent in their feares. View more context for this quotation 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. i. 80 With a hollow voice, he thratled forth these few words. My dearest friends, let me intreat you [etc.]. 1624 J. Gee in G. Webbe Catalogus Protestantium Ep. Rdr. sig. ¶^v Our Priests and Jesuites for their vnpleasant clamorous, and obstriperous sound, not vnfitly resembling Frogs and Locusts, haue of late dayes beene croaking and throtling out this harsh note and noyse to euery Protestant passenger. 1810 J. Thelwall Let. to Henry Cline 59 If little master hath a papa, or little miss a grandpapa, that stammers, or that gabbles, or that throttles,—is it extraordinary, that the one..should imitate this defect of the person from whom he is constantly aping almost every other action? b. transitive. To stop (a person, group, etc.) from speaking or expressing an opinion; to silence. Cf. sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence > by force gag1509 muffle1570 confute1614 throttle1641 scobe1652 still1778 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 22 And thus you throttle your selfe with your owne Similies. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Mark iii. 2) It is a brave thing to throttle envy, to stop an evil mouth. 1838 R. W. Emerson Addr. Divinity Coll. 16 The injury to faith throttles the preacher. 1876 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 465 Office-holders..have laughed in the face of every decent remonstrant, and throttled every honest political opinion within their party lines. 1901 Scotsman 7 Mar. 6/2 If it were given any quarter, it would throttle Parliament. 1957 J. J. Kilpatrick Sovereign States ii. iv. 69 Chase throttled defense counsel, and badgered attorneys until they retired in disgust. 2007 Independent (Nexis) 12 July His hamfisted efforts to throttle the free media. c. transitive. To refrain from uttering or expressing; to keep down, repress. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)] > hold in check bridleOE tempera1050 chastec1230 to hold inc1300 straina1340 stintc1366 attemperc1380 restraina1387 rulea1391 ward1390 coarctc1400 obtemper?a1425 to hold or keep (a person) shortc1425 compesce1430 stent1488 coactc1520 repressa1525 compress1526 control1548 snaffle1555 temperatea1568 brank1574 halter1577 curb1588 shortena1599 to bear (a rein) upon1603 check1629 coerceate1657 bit1825 throttle1862 hold1901 1862 ‘H. Bell’ Yorks. Tales & Legends 207 Oh dear! I'm trying to throttle my joy while it makes me feel poorly—but I'se be better bye and by. 1895 J. L. Long Miss Cherry-Blossom i. 10 His perverse underself insinuated that perhaps this relapse was because Mrs. Haines was not visible. He throttled the thought. 1913 Boston Post 28 June 10/3 He throttled that sneeze in its conception, nipped it in the bud. 1934 H. Roth Call it Sleep II. iii. 149 She reddened as though she had throttled a powerful impulse to blurt out something. 2000 J. S. Borthwick Coup de Grâce i. 12 She throttled a remark about having heard so much about her. 3. transitive. To constrain to a damaging degree; to hinder, inhibit, thwart; to crush, destroy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)] letc888 shrenchc897 forstanda1000 amarOE disturbc1290 impeachc1380 stopc1380 withstandc1385 hinder1413 accloy1422 hindc1426 to hold abackc1440 appeachc1460 impeditec1535 inhibit1535 obstacle1538 damp1548 trip1548 embarrass1578 dam1582 to clip the wings ofa1593 unhelp1598 uppen1600 straiten1607 rub1608 impediment1610 impedea1616 to put out1616 to put off1631 scote1642 obstruct1645 incommodiate1650 offend1651 sufflaminate1656 hindrance1664 disassist1671 clog1679 muzzle1706 squeeze1804 to take the wind out of the sails of1822 throttle1825 block1844 overslaugh1853 snag1863 gum1901 slow-walk1965 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil false?c1225 confoundc1315 blenk?a1400 matea1400 interrupt1464 blench1485 fruster?a1513 frustrate?a1513 infatuate1533 disappoint1545 prevent1555 foila1564 blank1566 thwart1581 confute1589 dispurpose1607 shorten1608 foola1616 vain1628 balk1635 throwa1650 scotch1654 bafflea1674 crossbar1680 transverse1770 tomahawk1773 throttle1825 wreck1855 stultify1865 derail1889 to pull the plug1923 rank1924 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > prevent from free course or development repressa1413 snub1583 smothera1616 stranglea1616 throttle1825 1825 Times 4 Apr. 2/5 The right honourable gentleman..was throttling the national industry. 1891 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 29 June 5/3 The present alien land law should be repealed, or else so amended as not to throttle the future growth and prosperity of Texas. 1911 State & Local Taxation 5 74 This land company..throttles the growth of the town and pays scanty taxes on its bare acres. 1973 N. Monsarrat Kappillan of Malta 76 Over the years the city-state was ringed..and gently, inexorably throttled. 2004 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 12 Apr. 18 Tax law in the UK has become such a complex beast that it now threatens to throttle the very business activity and creativity upon which the government's revenue base is founded. 4. a. transitive. To reduce or stop the flow of (a fluid in a tube, etc.), esp. by means of a valve or throttle; to regulate the supply of steam, fuel, etc., to (an engine) in this way. Also: to control the power or speed of (an engine or motor vehicle) by means of a throttle lever or pedal. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (intransitive)] > close throttle, slow down or stop throttle1827 to cut (also chop) the throttle1911 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > operate internal-combustion engine [verb (transitive)] > check flow of fuel throttle1827 1827 T. Tredgold Steam Engine viii. 274 Otherwise the steam must be always throttled. 1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 75 It would be better to use the steam expansively, rather than to throttle it by means of the regulator. 1884 R. Wilson in Pall Mall Gaz. 19 May 11/2 How..can the pressure be reduced from two inches or more to eight-tenths? By throttling the gas at the meter or at the burner. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 932 As the stenosis throttles the wave the increased velocity of the blood is counteracted by the rising pressure in the aorta. 1907 Daily Chron. 29 July 5/5 The [motor] bus started skidding. I throttled the engine and stuck to my seat as long as I could. 1996 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 27 She said her eyes were glued to the speedo as Spurle throttled the car rapidly past the 100km/h mark. 2015 J. Baechtel Pract. Engine Airflow iii. 47/2 The carburetor..throttles the engine by regulating air and fuel delivery in the required proportions for the performance demand. b. With adverbs. (a) transitive. With back, down, off. To reduce the flow of (steam, fuel, etc.) to an engine by closing a valve or throttle; to decrease power to or slow down (an engine or motor vehicle) by means of a throttle lever or pedal. Also figurative. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [verb (transitive)] > close throttle of an engine, slow down or stop throttle1846 1846 Mech. Mag. 5 Dec. 537 With..the steam throttled off to the least practicable amount. 1897 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 17 July 4/4 The engineer in charge began to throttle down. 1914 G. Hamel & C. C. Turner Flying 134 Nearer and nearer we approach and now our pilot throttles down the engine. 1932 D. Garnett Rabbit in Air iii. 82 The altimeter was at 3000. I throttled back. 1973 R. Rosenblum Mushroom Cave (1974) 101 The pilot throttled back to float the helicopter over a large network of paths. 1991 Fantasy Spring 49/1 She throttled back the elation that flooded her. 2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 62 When he sees the vehicle pulled off onto the shoulder with its hood up, he throttles off instinctively. 2009 Vanity Fair June 86/2 During those descents the engines are throttled back to a minimum setting known as ‘flight idle’. (b) transitive. With up. To increase power to or speed up (an engine or motor vehicle) by means of a throttle lever or pedal. Also figurative. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1884 Jrnl. Franklin Instit. Jan. 2 The pressure is not lost by throttling up to the actual point of cut-off. 1889 J. D. Churchill Marine Engine Governors in Trans. Instit. Marine Engineers 1 20 As bearing out Mr. Thomason's remarks regarding the amount of travel of Governor valves being rendered useless when engines are throttled up, I may mention [etc.]. 1909 S. Ford Honk, Honk!! iv. 30 Instead of throttlin' down..I must have throttled up; for we begins to shoot down that hill. 1963 Financial Times 15 Oct. 11 (advt.) Forward-looking industries put the brake on production costs and throttle up output..by modernising with CP cost cutting tools and equipment. 1994 Aircraft Illustr. Apr. 25 With the fuel system shut off, the TF30 is throttled up one last time to burn the residual fuel in the fuel lines and engine to prevent a fuel accumulation there. 2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 7 Somewhere in the dark an outboard started... It idled briefly and as it throttled up she saw for only a moment the hint of a white wake on the lagoon. 5. transitive. Computing. In a computer network, esp. the internet: to restrict or limit temporarily the (bandwidth) available to a connection, user, etc.; to impose such a restriction or limitation on (a connection, user, etc.); to restrict (the speed) of data transfer in this way. ΚΠ 1976 IEEE Trans. Computers 25 1331/2 The purpose of a flow control procedure is to throttle the input traffic and to allocate network resources in a way which expedites the flow of traffic through the network. 1988 TCP rate control? 6 Mar. in comp.protocols.tcp-ip (Usenet newsgroup) This limits your ability to throttle the connection's bandwidth further. 2002 Australian (Nexis) 21 May (Features section) 34 Rather than disconnect users or charge them more for exceeding their limit, Optus would throttle the download speed to the equivalent of a 28.8Kbps modem for the remainder of the month. 2005 InfoWorld 29 Aug. 24 Symantec uses a technique similar to that of CipherTrust, relying on the Brightmail reputation service and then throttling connections from IP addresses with bad reputations. 2010 Roblin (Manitoba) Rev. 22 June 4/2 They will throttle the bandwidth of your connection if they deem that you are using too much. And here, ‘too much’ means ‘what you paid for’. 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