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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Throttling.]
     1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.             --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a
        person half suffocated. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
        [1913 Webster]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Throttle \Throt"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Throttled; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Throttling.]
     1. To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
  
              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.             --Milton.
  
     2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a
        person half suffocated. [R.]
  
              Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  throttling
       n : the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the
           windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the
           accused" [syn: choking, strangling, strangulation]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  throttling
     n.
     1 The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications
  network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise
  congestion.
     2 Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a
  heating or ventilation system.
     3 reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate
  restriction, device, structure or configuration.
     vb.
     (present participle of en throttle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  throttling
     n.
     1 The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications
  network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise
  congestion.
     2 Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a
  heating or ventilation system.
     3 reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate
  restriction, device, structure or configuration.
     vb.
     (present participle of en throttle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  throttling
     n.
     1 The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications
  network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise
  congestion.
     2 Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a
  heating or ventilation system.
     3 reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate
  restriction, device, structure or configuration.
     vb.
     (present participle of en throttle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  throttling
     n.
     1 The temporary reduction of bandwidth through a communications
  network by controlling the package flow rate, in order to minimise
  congestion.
     2 Reduction in amount of chemical or other fluid in process such as a
  heating or ventilation system.
     3 reduction in flow rate between two points caused by an intermediate
  restriction, device, structure or configuration.
     vb.
     (present participle of en throttle nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  throttling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en throttle ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  الخنق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  rdoušení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/ 
  škrcení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  uškrcení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/ 
  škrtící

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  Drosselung , Drosseln 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  drosselnd
     Synonym: restricting
  
   see: restrict, throttle sth., restricted, throttled, throttle back an engine
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  drosselnd, abdrosselnd
   see: throttle, throttled, throttles, throttled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  erdrosselnd, strangulierend
     Synonyms: strangling, choking to death
  
   see: throttle sb., strangle sb., choke sb. to death, throttled, strangled, choked to death, throttles, strangles, chokes to death, throttled, strangled
  

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  throttling /θɹˈɒtəlɪŋ/
  prigušni, proporcionalni, proporcionalnost

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈθɹɑtəɫɪŋ/, /ˈθɹɑtɫɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "throttling":
     asphyxia, asphyxiation, burking, censorship, choke, choking,
     crackdown, crushing, drowning, extinguishment, garrote,
     putting down, quashing, quelling, quenching, repression, smashing,
     smotheration, smothering, squashing, squelching, stifling,
     strangling, strangulation, subdual, suffocating, suffocation,
     suppression
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     节气; 油门调节

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