Synonyms:
accelerator, throttle, throttle_valve
Meaning: a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Meaning: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Synonyms:
strangle, strangulate, throttle
Meaning: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
Usage examples
"I'll catch him!" muttered Tom, and he opened the throttle a trifle wider, and went after Andy, passing him with ease.
Indeed, he saw a picture of himself, dust-stained, haggard, panting, flying to the front at the proper moment to seize and throttle the dark, leering witch of calamity.
For months her strength, time, nerves, and sympathies had been taxed to the utmost; and now that there had come a breathing space, when the intricate machinery of her scheme could run for a moment without her hand at the throttle, she was left weak and nerveless.