What is another word for throttle?
Synonyms for throttle
ˈθrɒt lthrot·tle
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Princeton's WordNet
accelerator, throttle, throttle valvenoun
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
Synonyms:
gun, gas pedal, accelerator pedal, accelerator, throttle valve, gas, catalyst, particle accelerator, atom smasheraccelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gunverb
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
"he stepped on the gas"
Synonyms:
hitman, gunman, gun, petrol, gasolene, gaseous state, gas, gas pedal, ordnance, natural gas, artillery, catalyst, heavy weapon, gun for hire, hired gun, flatulency, shooter, throttle valve, accelerator pedal, gasoline, particle accelerator, accelerator, grease-gun, triggerman, hit man, atom smasher, flatulence, gunslinger, torpedorestrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleverb
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Synonyms:
spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, confine, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, bound, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclosestrangle, strangulate, throttleverb
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"
Synonyms:
cramp, muffle, halter, trammel, gag, confine, strangulate, restrain, hamper, repress, suffocate, smother, choke, restrict, stifle, limit, strangle, boundchoke, throttleverb
reduce the air supply
"choke a carburetor"
Synonyms:
drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, asphyxiate, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, die, fret, restrict, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, trammel, croak, clog, conk, strangulate, kick the bucket, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, go, pass, choke off, confine, restrain, bound, suffocate, exit, congest, limit, scrag, cash in one's chips, stifle
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Editors Contribution
choke (verb)
obstruct one’s throat
she choked on a tiny fish bone
Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "throttle":
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
throttle
Synonyms:
Strangle
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#189 | set | |
#656 | keep | |
#1119 | gas | |
#1249 | spring | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1763 | die | |
#1861 | jump | |
#1914 | determine | |
#2110 | limit | |
#2233 | define | |
#2464 | fix | |
#3227 | exit | |
#3282 | border | |
#3335 | gun | |
#3403 | bound | |
#3823 | specify | |
#6428 | qualify | |
#7213 | butterfly | |
#7583 | trap | |
#8741 | gasoline | |
#8753 | catalyst | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#9429 | rebound | |
#9718 | foul | |
#10365 | leap | |
#10952 | bounce | |
#12158 | petrol | |
#12164 | accelerator | |
#12329 | shooter | |
#12429 | gag | |
#12551 | curb | |
#12853 | expire | |
#15082 | artillery | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21226 | halter | |
#21408 | ordnance | |
#22436 | snare | |
#23556 | enclose | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#26838 | torpedo | |
#27090 | fret | |
#27773 | smother | |
#27826 | perish | |
#29503 | assy | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#30189 | clog | |
#30733 | hitman | |
#31363 | constrain | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#33092 | mariposa | |
#36343 | confine | |
#37463 | intimidate | |
#40155 | detain | |
#43067 | stifle | |
#43312 | gunman | |
#43430 | curtail | |
#44779 | cramp | |
#47072 | ricochet | |
#55566 | gunslinger | |
#56041 | repress | |
#60869 | strangle | |
#64305 | flatulence | |
#73790 | croak | |
#82036 | suffocate | |
#92888 | decease | |
#98831 | encumber | |
#111104 | trammel | |
#113280 | reverberate | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#126145 | entrap | |
#149524 | ensnare | |
#158830 | circumscribe | |
#166458 | conk | |
#202907 | cumber | |
#251068 | triggerman | |
#299464 | congest |
How to use throttle in a sentence?
The cult of personality around Xi is being built at full throttle, and Xi himself is responsible for this, it's getting to ridiculous levels.
I was kind of hesitant to leave my job, a job -- all you have to do is show up for work and it's guaranteed money. But I kind of woke up one day and I was like, I am going full throttle with this.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte:
The nature of this crisis is such that it demands a minister who can be ready to go full throttle immediately.
You don't floor it. How in the world do you go 99 percent throttle after that?
We're just running at full throttle to try to jack turnout on March 1. It's very simple. There's no trickery or' strategery' or bank shots. It's just straight up turn out Out The Vote.
Translations for throttle
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- ventil, škrtit, brzditCzech
- Drossel, Gaspedal, würgen, drosselnGerman
- estrangular, aceleradorSpanish
- kaasupoljin, kuristusläppä, kaasuläppä, kaasuttaa, kaasu, kuristaaFinnish
- étrangler, accélérateur, limiterFrench
- tachd, mùchScottish Gaelic
- lefékez, lassít, fékezHungarian
- mencekikIndonesian
- acceleratore, rallentare, soffocareItalian
- アクセル, アクセレレーター, スロットルJapanese
- offōcōLatin
- wurgenDutch
- estrangularPortuguese
- душить, дроссель, акселератор, замедлятьRussian
- pedala gasa, zagušiti, zadaviti, oduzeti gas, вентил, papučica gasa, ventilSerbo-Croatian
- gaspedal, strypaSwedish
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