Throttle

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Throttle

Throttle : குரல்வளையை நெரித்தல்

Throttle definition

Noun.

  1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.
  2. The throttle valve.

Transitive verb.

  1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
  2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
  3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
  2. To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.