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throttling
(encz) | throttling,rdoušení Jaroslav Šedivý |
throttling
(encz) | throttling,škrcení n: Zdeněk Brož |
throttling
(encz) | throttling,škrtící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
throttling
(encz) | throttling,uškrcení Jaroslav Šedivý |
Throttling
(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.
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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.
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2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a
person half suffocated. [R.]
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Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
--Shak.
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3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
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throttling
(wn) | throttling
n 1: the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the
windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the
accused" [syn: choking, strangling, strangulation,
throttling] |
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Throttling
(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.
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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.
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2. To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a
person half suffocated. [R.]
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Throttle their practiced accent in their fears.
--Shak.
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3. To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
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