throttle
To control or adjust the speed ofTo control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
» Driving at full throttle is for show-offs.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
(transitive)To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
drosseln
замедля́тьzamedljátʹ
(transitive)To strangle or choke someone.
würgen
души́тьdušítʹ
души́тиdušýty, задуши́тиzadušýty
(intransitive)To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
(intransitive)To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
(transitive)To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- reduce the air supply
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Examples
7 sentencesDriving at full throttle is for show-offs.
The pilot controls the engine power using the throttle.
Ziri booked it out of those woods full throttle.
I need to drop these useless perceptions to take full throttle over my life.
Simple, we'll throttle all submissions.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English throtlen (“to choke, strangle, suffocate”), from the noun (see above).From Middle English throtlen (“to choke, strangle, suffocate”), from the noun (see above). Compare German erdrosseln (“to strangle, choke, throttle”).
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Forms
throttles, throttling, throttled, throttledSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle