Meaning of "throttle" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THROTTLE

Throtelen, from throtethroat.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF THROTTLE

throttle  [ˈθrɒtəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THROTTLE

Throttle is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb throttle in English.

WHAT DOES THROTTLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Throttle

A throttle is the mechanism by which the flow of a fluid is managed by constriction or obstruction. An engine's power can be increased or decreased by the restriction of inlet gases, but usually decreased. The term throttle has come to refer, informally and incorrectly, to any mechanism by which the power or speed of an engine is regulated. What is often termed a throttle is more correctly called a thrust lever. For a steam engine, the steam valve that sets the engine speed/power is often known as a regulator.

Definition of throttle in the English dictionary

The first definition of throttle in the dictionary is Also called: throttle valve. any device that controls the quantity of fuel or fuel and air mixture entering an engine. Other definition of throttle is to kill or injure by squeezing the throat. Throttle is also to suppress.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO THROTTLE

PRESENT

Present

I throttle

you throttle

he/she/it throttles

we throttle

you throttle

they throttle

Present continuous

I am throttling

you are throttling

he/she/it is throttling

we are throttling

you are throttling

they are throttling

Present perfect

I have throttled

you have throttled

he/she/it has throttled

we have throttled

you have throttled

they have throttled

Present perfect continuous

I have been throttling

you have been throttling

he/she/it has been throttling

we have been throttling

you have been throttling

they have been throttling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I throttled

you throttled

he/she/it throttled

we throttled

you throttled

they throttled

Past continuous

I was throttling

you were throttling

he/she/it was throttling

we were throttling

you were throttling

they were throttling

Past perfect

I had throttled

you had throttled

he/she/it had throttled

we had throttled

you had throttled

they had throttled

Past perfect continuous

I had been throttling

you had been throttling

he/she/it had been throttling

we had been throttling

you had been throttling

they had been throttling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will throttle

you will throttle

he/she/it will throttle

we will throttle

you will throttle

they will throttle

Future continuous

I will be throttling

you will be throttling

he/she/it will be throttling

we will be throttling

you will be throttling

they will be throttling

Future perfect

I will have throttled

you will have throttled

he/she/it will have throttled

we will have throttled

you will have throttled

they will have throttled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been throttling

you will have been throttling

he/she/it will have been throttling

we will have been throttling

you will have been throttling

they will have been throttling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would throttle

you would throttle

he/she/it would throttle

we would throttle

you would throttle

they would throttle

Conditional continuous

I would be throttling

you would be throttling

he/she/it would be throttling

we would be throttling

you would be throttling

they would be throttling

Conditional perfect

I would have throttle

you would have throttle

he/she/it would have throttle

we would have throttle

you would have throttle

they would have throttle

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been throttling

you would have been throttling

he/she/it would have been throttling

we would have been throttling

you would have been throttling

they would have been throttling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you throttle
we let´s throttle
you throttle

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to throttle

Past participle

throttled

Present Participle

throttling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «THROTTLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «throttle» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of throttle

choke · control · gag · garrotte · inhibit · silence · stifle · strangle · strangulate · suppress

TRANSLATION OF THROTTLE

Find out the translation of throttle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of throttle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «throttle» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 勒死
• Translator English - Spanish: estrangular
• English: throttle
• Translator English - Hindi: दम घुटना
• Translator English - Arabic: خنق
• Translator English - Russian: дроссельной заслонки
• Translator English - Portuguese: estrangular
• Translator English - Bengali: শ্বাসনালী
• Translator English - French: étrangler
• Translator English - Malay: Pendikit
• Translator English - German: erdrosseln
• Translator English - Japanese: 絞め殺す
• Translator English - Korean: 목을 조르다
• Translator English - Javanese: Throttle
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ga
• Translator English - Tamil: கழுத்துப்பகுதி
• Translator English - Marathi: थ्रॉटल
• Translator English - Turkish: boğaz
• Translator English - Italian: strangolare
• Translator English - Polish: przepustnicy
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дросельної заслінки
• Translator English - Romanian: acceleratie
• Translator English - Greek: γκαζιού
• Translator English - Afrikaans: smoor
• Translator English - Swedish: gasspjälls
• Translator English - Norwegian: throttle

8 QUOTES WITH «THROTTLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word throttle.

1

Ted Dekker

My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age 18. I wanted to throttle the man, but she was in love, so all I could do was hope, pray and cry.

2

Janice Dickinson

The past explains how I got here, but the future is up to me - and I love to live life at full throttle.

3

Carla Hall

I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.

4

Vinod Khosla

What an entrepreneur does is to build for the long run. If the market is great, you get all of the resources you can. You build to it. But a good entrepreneur is always prepared to throttle back, put on the brakes, and if the world changes, adapt to the world.

5

Allan McNish

When it's wet, you're much more tense on the steering wheel, you have to dance with the throttle and the brakes more. Each lap is a different scenario, so you're really on the edge of your nerves. One mistake could cost you the entire race.

6

LeRoy Neiman

But 'Playboy' was liberating. I was drawn to it and went for it full throttle.

7

Leonard Nimoy

I think about myself as like an ocean liner that's been going full speed for a long distance, and the captain pulls the throttle back all the way to 'stop,' but the ship doesn't stop immediately, does it? It has its own momentum and it keeps on going, and I'm very flattered that people are still finding me useful.

8

Mara Wilson

I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because they thought I was too disgustingly cute, as if that were my fault, you know, as if that was my fault, not the fault of directors and producers and such.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THROTTLE»

Discover the use of throttle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to throttle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Throttle

Inspired by Richard Matheson's classic "Duel," "Throttle," by Joe Hill and Stephen King, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws in the simmering Nevada desert.

Joe Hill, Stephen King, 2012

American Chopper at Full Throttle

A richly illustrated, behind-the-scenes tour of the hit Discovery Channel series takes a close-up look at Orange County Choppers and the creation of their innovative custom motorcycles, offering a background history of "choppers," revealing ...

Mike Flaherty, Larry Erickson, 2004

Full Throttle

Despite not doing as well as others at the International Race School, Jason Chaser receives an invitation to a big tournament, but when his competition turns out to be his only friend at the school, Ariel, he is not so excited about the ...

Matthew Reilly, 2006

Repairing Your Outdoor Power Equipment (Trade)

The speed of an engine is regulated by the throttle valve opening. Some engines use a manual throttle control, which allows the operator to directly set the engine speed. This control system is often used on engines used on riding type ...

Jay Webster, 2001

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Filled with action and adventure, a junior novelization of the sequel to Charlie's Angels, which is coming to theaters in June 2003, follows Dylan, Natalie, and Alex as they embark on a dangerous new mission. Original.

David Levithan, 2003

Twisting Throttle Australia

The witty tale of a real life mid-life crisis which took an ordinary Kiwi bloke around Australia on a motorbike, to fulfil his life-long Easy Rider inspired dreams of his long-lost youth.

Mike Hyde, 2010

Rockers and Rollers: A Full-Throttle Memoir

By turns surprising, poignant, funny, and maybe a little bit bawdy, these are the stories of a man who drives as hard as he rocks.

Brian Johnson, 2011

Twisting Throttle New Zealand: A Kiwi's Guide to the Top 50 ...

Whether you're a Kiwi with a bike in the garage or an overseas visitor renting a motorcycle, this book will show you where the best biking roads are: road touring and adventure rides, North Island and South Island.

Mike Hyde, 2013

Janet Guthrie: a life at full throttle

A fascinating portrait of the first woman to race at the Indy 500 follows Janet Guthrie from the Florida School for Girls, to a stint as an astronaut in training, to her years on the sidelines of race car driving, to her eventually entry ...

Janet Guthrie, 2005

Motorcycle Fuel Injection Handbook

The black-painted pressed steel plenum is bolted to the front plate, which contains intake runners, throttle bodies, injector mounts, the fuel rail, and vacuum pull-offs for various sensors. Assembly courtesy of Greg Goss changing angle of the ...

Adam Wade

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THROTTLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term throttle is used in the context of the following news items.

Honda apologise to Casey Stoner after throttle malfunction causes …

"This kind of problem hasn't arisen before, however, HRC will cease using this throttle specification and will design a new one to be used for endurance races," it ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

'Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle' - TransAsia pilot admitted …

About three minutes after takeoff, the captain who was piloting the plane was heard to say, "Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle", the latest report of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Ducati India unveils Scrambler Full Throttle and Scrambler Classic …

The brand also unveiled the new Scrambler Full Throttle and the Scrambler Classic, though the prices for these variants were not announced. Prices for the ... «Indian Autos Blog, Jun 15»

211 arrested in Holyoke's “Operation Full Throttle”

Holyoke's new “wall of shame” holds the faces of hundreds suspects arrested over the last two weeks in “Operation Full Throttle.” The Holyoke Police ... «wwlp.com, Apr 15»

Red tape keeps Tennessee whiskey makers from going 'Full Throttle'

“We're trying to get this town back on the map,” said Ballard, the grandson of a Trimble sharecropper who has built his Full Throttle distillery on the former site of ... «Chronicle-Telegram, Mar 15»

Téa Leoni on Aging in Hollywood: 'Chasing Youth Is a War I'm Not …

“On occasion, I want to throttle him,” Leoni says in the interview. “But in any real relationship with someone you love, that's true.” Do you think women feel more ... «PEOPLE StyleWatch, Feb 15»

EU, US Agree to 'Full Throttle' Free Trade Talks

BRUSSELS - The United States and European Union agreed on Friday to work "full throttle" to secure the world's biggest-ever free trade deal despite growing ... «IndustryWeek, Feb 15»

Three Ducati Scramblers - Urban Enduro, Full Throttle and Classic …

Touted as the starting point for expressing yourself, the Scrambler Icon comes with an 803cc displacement, an L-Twin engine that's air cooled, a 50mm throttle ... «MotorbikeTimes, Oct 14»

T-Mobile Says It's Not Planning to Throttle Unlimited Customers

T-Mobile clarified Thursday that it has no plans to broadly throttle its unlimited data customers, but is reaching out to a small number of customers using the ... «Re/code, Aug 14»

No Reason To Quit: Driver John Force Still Racing Full Throttle

The National Hot Rod Association puts on one loud and fast show. Funny Cars dragsters accelerate to over 300 miles per hour on a straight, quarter-mile track. «NPR, Jun 14»