throttle betydelse and definition

Betydelse av throttle på svenska

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

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

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

• 2 to prevent something from succeeding:

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

• 3 a device that controls how much fuel goes into an engine

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

  • I’m so mad I could throttle him.