any device that controls the quantity of fuel or fuel and air mixture entering an engine
2. an informal or dialect word for throat
verb(transitive)
3.
to kill or injure by squeezing the throat
4.
to suppress
to throttle the press
5.
to control or restrict (a flow of fluid) by means of a throttle valve
6. computing
to regulate the speed at which data is delivered to a network user
Derived forms
throttler (ˈthrottler)
noun
Word origin
C14: throtelen, from throtethroat
throttle valve in American English
noun
a valve for throttling the working fluid of an engine, refrigerator, etc
Word origin
[1805–15]This word is first recorded in the period 1805–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alpaca, backlash, makeup, napoleon, phase