Definition of throttle

• n. - The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
• n. - The throttle valve.
• v. t. - To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
• v. t. - To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
• v. t. - To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
• v. i. - To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
• v. i. - To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.