<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also called throttle lever: a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.</li><li>throttle valve.</li><li>the throat, gullet, or windpipe, as of a horse.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) throttled, throttling: to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle.</li><li>to choke or suffocate in any way.</li><li>to compress by fastening something tightly around.</li><li>to silence or check as if by choking: His message was throttled by censorship.</li><li>Machinery: to obstruct or check the flow of (a fluid), as to control the speed of an engine.</li><li>to reduce the pressure of (a fluid) by passing it from a smaller area to a larger one.</li></ul>