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throttle

English

  1. 🔊 a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
  2. 🔊 a pedal that controls the throttle valve
    “he stepped on the gas”
  3. 🔊 reduce the air supply
    “choke a carburetor”
  4. 🔊 kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
    “he tried to strangulate his opponent”
  5. 🔊 place limits on (extent or amount or access)
    “restrict the use of this parking lot”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 estrangulador throttle

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