Throttle

Definitions

1. 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.
2. The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
3. The windpipe or trachea.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“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."”

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