Definition of "throttle" []

• A valve that regulates the flow of a fluid, such as the valve in an internal-combustion engine that controls the amount of vaporized fuel entering the cylinders. (noun)
• A lever or pedal controlling such a valve. (noun)
• To regulate the flow of (fuel) in an engine. (verb-transitive)
• To regulate the speed of (an engine) with a throttle. (verb-transitive)
• To suppress: tried to throttle the press. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The sneaky thing about the virus is that it steps on your endorphin throttle pretty hard as it goes to work."
• "In airplanes, the power lever is called a throttle and is normally mounted perpendicular to the floor."
• "I thought that I might go faster by not giving the motor the full throttle because the more the throttle is extended, the more wheel spin one gets and I came back with what must have been a three quarter opening of the throttle and the speed on the return journey was only two miles an hours less than before."