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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024throt•tle /ˈθrɑtəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -tled, -tling. n. [countable] - Mechanical Engineering
- the valve in an engine that controls the amount of fuel entering the cylinders.
- the lever that controls this valve.
v. - [~ + object] to choke (someone) by squeezing the throat;
strangle. - to reduce the speed of, by or as if by using a throttle: [no object]The pilot throttled back on her engines.[~ + object]She throttled her engines and reduced height.
Idioms- Idioms at full throttle, at maximum speed or effort:He went after the car at full throttle.
throt•tler, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024throt•tle (throt′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -tled, -tling. n. - Mechanical EngineeringAlso called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
- Mechanical EngineeringSee throttle valve.
- the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.
- at full throttle, at maximum speed.
v.t. - to stop the breath of by compressing the throat;
strangle. - to choke or suffocate in any way.
- to compress by fastening something tightly around.
- to silence or check as if by choking:His message was throttled by censorship.
- [Mach.]
- Mechanical Engineeringto obstruct or check the flow of (a fluid), as to control the speed of an engine.
- Mechanical Engineeringto reduce the pressure of (a fluid) by passing it from a smaller area to a larger one.
- 1350–1400; (verb, verbal) Middle English throtelen, frequentative of throten to cut the throat of (someone), strangle, derivative of throat; (noun, nominal) probably diminutive of Middle English throte throat; compare German Drossel
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