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==English==
{{wikipedia|throttle (disambiguation)|throttle}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈθɹɒt.l̩/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈθɹɔ.təl/|/ˈθɹɑ.təl/|/ˈθɹɑ.tl̩/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-throttle.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒtəl|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm||*throtel}}, diminutive of {{m|enm|throte||throat}}, equivalent to {{suffix|en|throat|le|nocat=1}}. Compare {{cog|de|Drossel||throttle}}. More at {{m|en|throat}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[valve]] that [[regulate]]s the [[supply]] of [[fuel]]-[[air]] mixture to an internal combustion [[engine]] and thus [[control]]s its [[speed]]; a similar valve that controls the [[air]] supply to an engine.
# The [[lever]] or [[pedal]] that controls this valve.
#: {{syn|en|accelerator|gas pedal|gas}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1961|month=July|author=J. Geoffrey Todd|title=Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=425|text=To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the '''throttle''' was never still.}}
# {{senseid|en|windpipe}} {{lb|en|anatomy|archaic}} The [[windpipe]] or [[trachea]].
#* {{RQ:Scott Poetical Works|volume=X|poem=Search after Happiness|stanza=XIX|pages=235–236|pageref=236|passage=Then up got Peg, and round the house gan scuttle, / In search of goods her customer to nail, / Until the Sultaun strain'd his princely '''throttle''', / And hollow'd,—"Ma'am, that is not what I ail.["]}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:John Masefield|title=w:The Everlasting Mercy|location=London|publisher=[[w:Sidgwick & Jackson|Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.]]|year=1911|page=7|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/everlastingmercy00maserich/page/7/mode/1up|passage=Nor took a punch nor given a swing, / But just soaked [[deady#Noun|deady]] round the ring / Until their brains and bloods were foul / Enough to make their '''throttles''' howl, {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1915|chapter=XXXVII|chapterurl={{fullurl:s:en:Doctor Syn/Chapter 37}}|title=Doctor Syn|author=w:Russell Thorndike|passage=From the cabin came that horrible song: "Here's to the feet wot have walked the plank. ⁠Yo ho! for the dead man's '''throttle'''."}}
=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|autothrottle|at full throttle|full throttle|throttle body|throttle chop|throttle steering}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|valve}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|клапан|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|風門|tr=fēngmén}}, {{t+|cmn|節流閥|tr=jiéliúfá}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|ventil|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuristusläppä}}, {{t|fi|kaasuläppä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|accélérateur|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Drossel|f}} {{qualifier|technical}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מַשְׁנֵק|m}}, {{t|he|מַצְעֶֽרֶת|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szelep}}, {{t+|hu|fojtószelep}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|scóig|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|acceleratore|m}}, {{t+|it|farfalla|f}}, {{t|it|valvola a farfalla|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|スロットル|tr=surottoru}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|katirere}}, {{t|mi|takirere}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|[[válvula]] [[reguladora]]|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дро́ссель|m}}, {{t-check|ru|[[дроссельный|дро́ссельная]] [[засло́нка]]|f}} {{attention|ru|2=was "[[дроссельный|дроссельная]] [[заслонка]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]]}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|вентил|m}}, {{t+|sh|ventil|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acelerador|m}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|strypventil|c}}, {{t+|sv|spjäll|n|n-p}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|panubo}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|gaz}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top-see|the lever or pedal that controls this valve|accelerator|gas pedal|gas}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|油門|tr=yóumén}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|versneller|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaasupoljin}}, {{t+|fi|kaasu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|accélérateur|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gaspedal|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|gázpedál}}, {{t+|hu|gáz}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pedale|m}}, {{t+|it|manetta|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|アクセル|tr=akuseru}}, {{t|ja|アクセレレーター|tr=akusererētā}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|acelerador|m}}
* Russian: {{t-check|ru|[[педа́ль]] [[газ|га́за]]|f}} {{attention|ru|2=was "[[педаль]] [[газ|газа]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]]}}, {{t+|ru|акселера́тор|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|papučica gasa}}, {{t|sh|pedala gasa}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|acelerador|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gaspedal|c}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|gaz pedalı}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|fersneller}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|anatomy, archaic: windpipe or trachea|windpipe|trachea}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|throtlen||to choke, strangle, suffocate}}, from the noun (see above). Compare {{cog|de|erdrosseln||to strangle, choke, throttle}}.

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[control]] or [[adjust]] the speed of (an engine).
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cut back]] on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[strangle]] or [[choke]] someone.
#* {{RQ:Milton Eikonoklastes|passage=Grant him this, and the Parliament hath no more freedom than if it sat in his noose, which, when he pleases to draw together with one twitch of his negative, shall '''throttle''' a whole nation, to the wish of Caligula, in one neck.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of [[suffocation]]; to [[choke]]; to [[suffocate]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Midsummer|V|i|passage=I have seen them shiver and look pale,<br>Make periods in the midst of sentences,<br>'''Throttle''' their practised accent in their fears.}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|throttle down}}
* {{l|en|throttle up}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to cut back speed}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|забавям}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|brzdit}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[hidastaa]] [[jokin|jonkin]] [[vauhti|vauhtia]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|limiter}}
* German: {{t+|de|drosseln}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lassít}}, {{t+|hu|fékez}}, {{t+|hu|lefékez}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|rallentare}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|замедля́ть}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|oduzeti gas}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|ralentizar}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to strangle someone}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|душа}}, {{t+|bg|задушавам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|掐死|tr=qiāsǐ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|škrtit}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|wurgen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuristaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|étrangler}}
* German: {{t+|de|würgen}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἄγχω}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|megfojt}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|soffocare}}
* Latin: {{t|la|angō}}, {{t|la|offōcō}}, {{t|la|strangulō}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|गळा दाबणे}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بوغمق|tr=boğmak}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dusić}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|estrangular}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|души́ть}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|tachd}}, {{t|gd|mùch}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|zagušiti}}, {{t+|sh|zadaviti}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|estrangular}}, {{t|es|ofocar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|strypa}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|души́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|задуши́ти|pf}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|gasa}}, {{qualifier|increase the speed/[[throttle up]]}} {{t-check|sv|öka gasen}}, {{t-check|sv|strypa gasen}}, {{qualifier|decrease the speed}} {{t-check|sv|minska gasen}}, {{qualifier|of a person}} {{t+check|sv|undertrycka}}, {{qualifier|of an organization}} {{t+check|sv|begränsa}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{C|en|Violence}}

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