throttle

5 definitions • 3 examples

a valve which allows more or less fuel to go into an engine and so changes the power with which the engine operates

to press someone's throat very tightly so that they cannot breathe:

informal Sometimes he annoys me so much that I could throttle him.

to prevent something from succeeding:

The reduction in funds is throttling the development of new programmes.

a device that controls how much fuel goes into an engine

to try to kill someone by pressing the throat so that the person cannot breathe:

I’m so mad I could throttle him.