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Meaning of word throttle from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

throttle verb

Meaning : Place limits on (extent or amount or access).

Example : Restrict the use of this parking lot.
Limit the time you can spend with your friends.

Synonyms : bound, confine, limit, restrict, trammel

Meaning : Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air.

Example : He tried to strangulate his opponent.
A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes.

Synonyms : strangle, strangulate

Meaning : Reduce the air supply.

Example : Choke a carburetor.

Synonyms : choke

throttle noun

Meaning : A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine.

Synonyms : accelerator, throttle valve

Meaning : A pedal that controls the throttle valve.

Example : He stepped on the gas.

Synonyms : accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, gun

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palatalized (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

love apple (noun)
Native to South America. Widely cultivated in many varieties.

victimisation (noun)
An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).

bog down (verb)
Get stuck while doing something.

palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

palsgrave (noun)
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

entertainment (noun)
An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention.

lexical ambiguity (noun)
The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings.

victimization (noun)
Adversity resulting from being made a victim.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').