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/ˈθɹɒt.l̩/ · noun
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine..
To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still.
Then up got Peg, and round the house gan scuttle, / In search of goods her customer to nail, / Until the Sultaun strain'd his princely throttle, / And hollow'd,—"Ma'am, that is not what I ail.["]
Nor took a punch nor given a swing, / But just soaked deady round the ring / Until their brains and bloods were foul / Enough to make their throttles howl, […]
From the cabin came that horrible song: "Here's to the feet wot have walked the plank. Yo ho! for the dead man's throttle."
Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck.
I have seen them shiver and look pale, Make periods in the midst of sentences, Throttle their practised accent in their fears.
Use throttle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Throttle means A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine..
Common synonyms include accelerator, gas pedal, gas, restrain.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still.
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