Throttle
['θrɒt(ə)l] or ['θrɑtl]
Definition
(n.) The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
(n.) The throttle valve.
(v. t.) To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
(v. t.) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
(v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
(v. i.) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
(v. i.) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
Typed by Helga
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Windpipe, trachea, throat, weasand.
v. a. Choke, strangle, suffocate.
Edited by Bridget
Definition
n. the throat or windpipe.—v.t. to choke by pressure on the windpipe: to shut off the steam from a steam-pipe engine &c.—v.i. to breathe hard as when nearly suffocated.—ns. Thrott′le-pipe the vertical pipe between the throttle-valve and dry-pipe of a locomotive; Thrott′ler one who throttles; Thrott′le-valve a valve regulating the supply of steam to the cylinder.
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Examples
- Damme, I'll throttle you! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- When it don't go astray for a long time, they get suspicious and throttle it anyhow, because they think it is hatching deviltry. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To secure a regular and uniform motion in the performance of his engine Watt invented the automatic or self-regulating ball governor and throttle valve. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Throttle the girl! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Speak out, or I'll throttle you! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- When it goes astray, they suppress it--pounce upon it without warning, and throttle it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Throttle valves automatically closed upon the bursting of a pipe, or the breaking of machinery, are operated by electricity, automatically, or by hand at a distance. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Who began it, or how fair it was, or how unfair, may be doubtful; but how it ended is certainly not doubtful, for the victim was found throttled. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She tied a knot with flashing eyes, as if it throttled a foe. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- So quickly did Tarzan of the Apes drag back his prey that Kulonga's cry of alarm was throttled in his windpipe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He found another vent for his rage by snatching up Rosamond's words again, as if they were reptiles to be throttled and flung off. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- With Carthoris at my side I fought for the red men of Barsoom and for their total emancipation from the throttling bondage of a hideous superstition. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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