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Definitions: Throttle |
ThrottleNoun1. A valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine. 2. A pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas". Verb1. Place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot". 2. Squeeze the throat of; "he tried to strangle his opponent". 3. Reduce the air supply; of carburetors. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "throttle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Mechanical Engineering | Linkage between the -- and an accelerator pedal in the driver's compartment permits. . . larger amounts of air-fuel mixture to be delivered to the engine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | To obstruct the flow of, as steam to an engine esp. by a throttle valve. (references) |
Public Administration | A device consisting of valve that is operated from outside for regulating the flow, e. g. in a constant-displacement pump. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | THROTTLE. The throat, or gullet. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: ThrottleSynonyms: accelerator (n), accelerator pedal (n), gas (n), gas pedal (n), gun (n), throttle valve (n), bound (v), choke (v), confine (v), limit (v), restrain (v), restrict (v), strangle (v), strangulate (v), trammel (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Closure | (hinder); bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb; choke, throttle; ram down, dam, cram; trap, clinch; put to the door, shut the door. |
Impotence | Render powerless; Adjective: deprive of power; disable, disenable; disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands; double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of; throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote; ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns; take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel; break the neck, break the back; unhinge, unfit; put out of gear. |
Killing | Strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown. |
Taking | Get hold of, lay hold of, take hold of, catch hold of, lay fast hold of, take firm hold of; lay by the heels, take prisoner; fasten upon, grip, grapple, embrace, gripe, clasp, grab, clutch, collar, throttle, take by the throat, claw, clinch, clench, make sure of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Throttle |
| English words defined with "throttle": accelerator, accelerator pedal ♦ butterfly valve ♦ firewall ♦ gas, gas pedal, gun ♦ hand throttle ♦ Thrapple, Thropple, Throttle lever, throttle valve, Throttled, thunder ♦ wide. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "throttle": ASSEMBLY INSPECTOR ♦ calculated load value, CARBURETOR MECHANIC, carburetor repairer, chop throttle, concrete-paving-form grader, CORE-DRILL OPERATOR, Cornish Hug ♦ Drat 'em! ♦ engine control ♦ FORM-GRADER OPERATOR ♦ HARVESTER OPERATOR ♦ OUTBOARD-MOTOR MECHANIC ♦ preselective, push-pull ♦ shot-core-drill operator ♦ test borer, test-hole driller, thermostatic throttle valve, THROTTLE, throttle butterfly, throttle chop, thrust reversing, TO THROTTLE, TURBINE OPERATOR, turbogenerator operator ♦ wash driller, Wasp, with push-pull engines. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "throttle": Pnigalion ♦ Thrapple, Throstling. (references) |
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Screenplays | What if they set the throttle and jumped off? (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three; writing credit: John Godey; Peter Stone) | |
Lyrics | I see you drivin, sportscar, ain't hittin the throttle (Hot in Herre; performing artist: NELLY) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Throttle Pushers (1933) Teddy at the Throttle (1917) Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) Throttle (2002) | |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He raised the spark and reduced the throttle. |
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Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Let's roll up our sleeves and go to work, and put America's economic engine at full throttle. |
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| "Throttle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.51% of the time. "Throttle" is used about 252 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 86.51% | 218 | 20,478 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8.73% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.37% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.4% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 252 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "throttle": at full throttle ♦ chop throttle ♦ full throttle ♦ hand throttle ♦ open out the throttle ♦ thermostatic throttle valve ♦ throttle back ♦ throttle butterfly ♦ throttle chop ♦ throttle down ♦ throttle lever ♦ throttle valve. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "throttle": throttle-rods. | |
Ending with "throttle": autorotation-throttle, auto-throttle, full-throttle, half-throttle, hand-throttle, part-throttle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "throttle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vavul, ul shpejtësinë (decelerate, slow), mbyt (asphyxiate, assail, blanket, choke, deluge, drown, jugulate, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, wreck), i mbyll vavulën. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حنجرة (crag, gullet, larynx, throat), سرع (accelerate, career, chase, fast, force, get a move on, gun, hasten, hurry up, hustle, lollop, pelt, pounce, push, quicken, rush, smarten, speed, speed up, step on it, trot), زاد سرعة السيارة, صمام خانق, خنق الآلة, خنق (asphyxiate, choke, flummox, garrote, neck, overlay, overpower, sizzle, stifle, strangle, strangulate, strangulation, stultify, suffocate, suffocation, throttling, worry), دواسة الوقود (accelerator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хранопровод (gullet, oesophagus), клапан (shut off, valve), гръклян (adam's apple, throat, weasand), задушавам (asphyxiate, braise, choke, damp, jug, jugulate, overlie, poach, smother, stew, stifle, strangle, suffocate), потискам (clamp, depress, domineer, drive back, flatten, get down, grind, gripe, inhibit, mope, muffle, oppress, persecute, pocket, press in, prey, quell, quench, repress, suppress, tyrannize, weigh down), душа (breast, ghost, heart, inside, lifeblood, mastermind, nature, nose, nuzzle, psyche, quest, scent, scrag, smell, smell about, smother, sniff, soul, spirit, stifle), дроселирам, дросел (choke, gun, reactor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 节流孔. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | udusit (quash, smother, snuff out, suppress), uškrtit (strangle), prùdušnice (trachea, windpipe), škrticí ventil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spjæld (damper), regulatorklap (throttle valve), regulator (adjuster, governor, regulator), drosselventil (throttle valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | smoorventiel (throttle valve), regulateur (adjuster, governor, regulator), klep (tube, valve), gashendel (accelerator, throttle control lever, throttle lever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گلورافشردن (Strangulate), گلو (Gorge, Gullet, Lane, Throat), خفه کردن (Asphyxiate, Choke, Extinguish, Mute, Scrag, Shutup, Smolder, Smother, Squash, Stifle, Strangle, Strangulate, Suffocate), جلوراگرفتن , جریان بنزین راکنترل کردن , دریچه کنترل بخاریابنزین . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuristusventtiili (choke, creeper valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | papillon des gaz (throttle butterfly, throttle disc or disk, throttle valve), accélérateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gaspedal (accelerator, accelerator (pedal), gas pedal, throttle control), erdrosseln (choke, quell, strangle, suffocate, suppress, to strangle), drosseln (bluebirds, choke, choke off, down, gear down, reduce, restrict, robins, strangle, throstles, throttle back, throttle down, thrushes), drosselklappe (damper flap, throttle valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κλείω τον ατμό, ρυθμιστής (regulator), ρεγουλατόρος (regulator), στραγγαλιστικό επιστόμιο,ρυθμιστική δικλείδα, στραγγαλίζω (choke, garrotte, scrag, strangle, strangulate), βαλβίδα με πεταλούδα (butterfly, butterfly valve, fluid-flow valve in form of pivoted plate, throttle valve, usually with jointing strip along either or both sides), βαλβίδα υποδοχής (throttle valve), βαλβίδα (valve), μανέτα κινητήρα (throttle control lever, throttle lever), πνίγω (choke, drown, muffle, overwhelm, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suffocate), πνίγομαι (choke, drown, suffocate), χειρολαβή ισχύος (throttle control lever, throttle lever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | משנק (choke), מצערת, להשניק. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | torok (boot, gorge, jugular, pharynx, throat), gége (gorge, laryngeal, larynx), szabályozó szelep (damper, throttle valve), nyelőcső (esophagus, gullet, oesophagus, red lane), légcső (windpipe), gázadagoló (accelerator), fojtószelep (damper, mixture throttle, throttle valve), elzáró szelep (choker, throttle valve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | valvola a farfalla (butterfly, butterfly valve, diverting valve, fluid-flow valve in form of pivoted plate, throttle valve, tip plate butterfly valve, usually with jointing strip along either or both sides), strozzare (choke, narrow, strangle, strangling, thrushes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | フルコスト原則 (full score, full set, full throttle, full time, full-cost principle, full-timer), 全開 (full throttle, opening fully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜんかい (complete destruction, complete recovery of health, eye specialist, field of vision, full throttle, last installment, last session, last time, opening fully, ophthalmologist, range of vision, whole assembly), フルスロットル (full throttle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기관 (Agencies, Agency, institution, Organ, Organs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | toghtey (choke, choking, clog, clogging, dyspnoea, foul, garrotte, jugulate; strangling, strangle, strangulation, throttling), scoigey (throttling), scoig (grime, scruff), pioban (duct, pipe, tube). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ottlethray válvula reguladora, válvula de borboleta (butterfly, butterfly valve, fluid-flow valve in form of pivoted plate, throttle valve, usually with jointing strip along either or both sides), suprimir (Burke, crush, cut, Dele, dissolvent, elimination, exterminate, fadeless, knockabout, liquidation, obliterate, prune, put down, quash, quell, smother, stop, suppress, wipe out), sufocar (choke, quell, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress), reprimir (allay, arrest, bit, bridle, check, coerce, constrain, control, Cork, dove, forbear, gulp, halt, keep back, keep down, overbear, quell, quench, refrain, rein in, repress, restrain, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, tutor, vanquish), regulador de pressão (governor, manostat, pressure controller, pressure reducing valve, pressure regulator, regulating valve), regulador (adjuster, adjusting, governor, regulative, regulator), manete de potência (throttle control lever, throttle lever), garganta (abysm, canyon, Col, defile, dingle, fauces, gap, gate, glabrous, gorge, gullet, neck, pass, ravine, swallow, throat, whistle), estrangular (choke, emote, garotte, garrotte, mug, quell, scrag, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, suppress), estrangulador (choke), esganar (garotte, garrotte, strangle), diminuir a potência de, alavanca de controlo da manete de potência (throttle control lever, throttle lever). (various references) sugruma (Burke, choke, jugulate, smother, stifle, strangle, suppress), sufoca (asphyxiate, choke, smother, stifle, suffocate), strangula (Burke, choke, garrotte, strangle), respira greu (blow, puff), regulator (regulator), gâtui (choke, narrow down, strangle), gâtlej (gullet, swallow, throat), fluture (butterfly, flier, Spangle), beregatã (fauces, gorge, gullet, swallow), înãbuşi (blanket, bring under, choke, control, deaden, deafen, drown, hush, keep down, kill, mortify, muffle, quash, quell, quench, restrain, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress). (various references) задыхаться (asphyxiate, be out of breath, choke, gasp, huff and puff, pant, suffocate), душить (choke, scent, smother, smothers, stifle, stifle joint, strangle, strangles, strangulate, suffocate), дроссель (choke, reactor, strangler), дросселировать. (various references) allsporag (cow's throttle). (various references) ventil za dovod goriva, ugušiti (asphyxiate, burke, choke, muffle, nip, quash, quell, repress, scotch, smother, squash, stall, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress), regulisati (control, direct, regularize, regulate, tune). (various references) regulador (buffer, controller, governor, guv, regulator, regulatory). (various references) ventil (scuttle, tube, valve, ventilator), kväva (asphyxiate, choke, damp, dampen, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress). (various references) kısmak (abridge, attenuate, ax, axe, check, choke, choke back, choke off, curtail, cut back, cut down on, depress, diminish, draw in, economize, narrow, pare, pare down, pinch, put down, qualify, reduce, retrench, scrimp, skimp, soften, stint, throttle down, tighten, turn down), kısma supabı (throttle valve), boğmak (asphyxiate, Burke, choke, drown, glut, inundate, jugulate, overwhelm, smother, smother with, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, whelm), boğazını sıkmak (scrag), boğaz (bosphorus, constriction, fauces, gorge, gullet, jugular, mountain pass, neck, pharyngal, pharyngeal, sound, Strait, swallow, throat, whistle). (various references) стискати (astringe, clasp, constrict, contract, cramp, jam, nip, pinch, straiten, strangulate, tighten), гортань (larynx), горло (throat), задихатися (asphyxiate, choke, gasp, pant, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate), душити (asphyxiate, champ, choke, smother, stifle, strangulate, suffocate), дросель (choke). (various references) hầu (well-nigh). (various references) llindagu (choke, strangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | angebat, offocaverunt. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | throte. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "throttle": throttleable, throttled, throttlehold, throttleholds, throttler, throttlers, throttles. (additional references) | |
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"Throttle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chrottle, throatle, throte, throtle, thrott, throttlr, thrttle, torotel, trottle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "throttle" (pronounced thrÄ"tul) |
| 4 | -Ä" t u l | bottle, glottal, Pottle. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-l-o-r-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: hotter, tother, totter. | |
-3 letters: helot, hotel, lotte, other, otter, rotte, thole, throe, torte, toter, troth. | |
-4 letters: helo, herl, hero, hoer, hole, holt, lehr, lore, loth, orle, role, rote, rotl, teth, thro, tole, tore, tort, tote, tret, trot. | |
-5 letters: eth, her, het, hoe, hot, let, lot, ole, ore, ort, ret, rho, roe, rot, tel, tet. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-l-o-r-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: throttled, throttler, throttles. | |
+2 letters: throttlers. | |
+4 letters: lithotripter, throttleable, throttlehold. | |
+5 letters: lithotripters, tetartohedral, throatlatches, throttleholds, trothplighted. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 72 6F 74 74 6C 65 |
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