- throt
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throt|tle|a|ble — «THROT uhl uh buhl», adjective. that can be throttled: »a throttleable rocket engine … Useful english dictionary
Throt|tle|bot|tom — «THROT uhl BOT uhm», noun. U.S. a harmlessly ineffective holder of public office. ╂[< Throttlebottom, a character in the musical comedy Of Thee I Sing (1931) by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind] … Useful english dictionary
throt|tle|hold — «THROT uhl HOHLD», noun. a strangling hold; suppressive or stifling control: »Figurative. a throttlehold on free speech … Useful english dictionary
throt|tler — «THROT luhr», noun. a person or thing that throttles … Useful english dictionary
throt — ˈthrät chiefly Scotland variant of throat … Useful english dictionary
throt|tle — … Useful english dictionary
u|re|throt|o|my — «YUR uh THROT uh mee», noun, plural mies. surgical correction of a stricture of the urethra. ╂[< urethra + tomy] … Useful english dictionary
throttle — throt|tle1 [ θratl ] noun 1. ) count a piece of equipment that controls how fast a vehicle is moving by controlling the amount of fuel going into the engine 2. ) uncount the amount of power that an engine is producing: at full/half throttle: The… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
throttle — throt•tle [[t]ˈθrɒt l[/t]] n. v. tled, tling 1) mac aum a) the valve in an internal combustion engine that regulates the amount of fuel entering the cylinders b) the lever that controls this valve 2) the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse … From formal English to slang
throttleable — /throt l euh beuhl/, adj. Rocketry. capable of having the thrust varied. [1955 60; THROTTLE + ABLE] * * * … Universalium
