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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 — throt; throt·tle·man; throt·tler; ure·throt·o·my; ar·throt·o·my; throt·tle; …   English syllables

• tle — abris·tle; abus·tle; apos·tle; apos·tle·hood; apos·tle·ship; bait·tle; bat·tle·dore; bat·tle·ment; bat·tle·ment·ed; bat·tle·some; be·lit·tle; be·lit·tle·ment; bot·tle·ful; bris·tle·less; brus·tle; but·tle; cac·o·mis·tle; cas·tle·ry; cas·tle·ward; …   English syllables

• throttle — throt·tle …   English syllables

• 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

• throttleman — throt·tle·man …   English syllables

• throttlehold — throt•tle•hold [[t]ˈθrɒt lˌhoʊld[/t]] n. cvb stranglehold • Etymology: 1930–35 …   From formal English to slang