Found 2 items, similar to Throttled.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: throttle throttle n 1: a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine [syn: accelerator, throttle valve] 2: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; “he stepped on the gas” [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, gun] throttle v 1: place limits on (extent or access); “restrict the use of this parking lot”; “limit the time you can spend with your friends” [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine] 2: 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” [syn: strangle, strangulate] 3: reduce the air supply; “choke a carburetor” [syn: choke]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Throttled Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. & vb. n. Throttling.] 1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle. [1913 Webster] Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall throttle a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. [R.] [1913 Webster] Throttle their practiced accent in their fears. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]