SkyfireDict

throttling   (TTS Sound)

The noun throttling has 1 sense

• choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling -- (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused")

The verb throttle has 3 senses

• restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")


• strangle, strangulate, throttle -- (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes")


• choke, throttle -- (reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor")