When she saw the marks all over the wall, she wanted to throttle the toddler.
Source: tatoeba (4471265)
Throttle
//ˈθɹɒt.l̩//
Synonyms for "throttle" (166 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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9 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
95 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄγχω verb (to strangle someone)
Bulgarian
4 entries- клапан noun (valve)
- душа verb (to strangle someone)
- забавям verb (to cut back speed)
- задушавам verb (to strangle someone)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 油門 /油门 noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- 節流閥 /节流阀 noun (valve)
- 風門 /风门 noun (valve)
- 掐死 verb (to strangle someone)
Czech
3 entries- ventil noun (valve)
- brzdit verb (to cut back speed)
- škrtit verb (to strangle someone)
Dutch
2 entries- versneller noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- wurgen verb (to strangle someone)
Finnish
4 entries- kaasu noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- kaasuläppä noun (valve)
- kaasupoljin noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- kuristusläppä noun (valve)
French
4 entries- accélérateur noun (valve)
- accélérateur noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- limiter verb (to cut back speed)
- étrangler verb (to strangle someone)
Galician
1 entries- acelerador noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
German
4 entries- Drossel noun (valve)
- Gaspedal noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- drosseln verb (to cut back speed)
- würgen verb (to strangle someone)
Hebrew
2 entries- מַצְעֶֽרֶת noun (valve)
- מַשְׁנֵק noun (valve)
Hungarian
4 entries- fojtószelep noun (valve)
- gáz noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- gázpedál noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- szelep noun (valve)
Irish
1 entries- scóig noun (valve)
Italian
4 entries- acceleratore noun (valve)
- farfalla noun (valve)
- manetta noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- pedale noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
Japanese
3 entries- アクセル noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- アクセレレーター noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- スロットル noun (valve)
Latin
3 entries- angō verb (to strangle someone)
- offōcō verb (to strangle someone)
- strangulō verb (to strangle someone)
Marathi
1 entries- गळा दाबणे verb (to strangle someone)
Māori
2 entries- katirere noun (valve)
- takirere noun (valve)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغمق verb (to strangle someone)
Polish
1 entries- dusić verb (to strangle someone)
Portuguese
3 entries- acelerador noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- válvula reguladora noun (valve)
- estrangular verb (to strangle someone)
Russian
4 entries- акселера́тор noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- дро́ссель noun (valve)
- души́ть verb (to strangle someone)
- замедля́ть verb (to cut back speed)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- mùch verb (to strangle someone)
- tachd verb (to strangle someone)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- papučica gasa noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- pedala gasa noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- ventil noun (valve)
- вентил noun (valve)
Spanish
4 entries- acelerador noun (valve)
- acelerador noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- desacelerar verb (to cut back speed)
- enlentecer verb (to cut back speed)
Swedish
4 entries- gaspedal noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
- spjäll noun (valve)
- strypventil noun (valve)
- strypa verb (to strangle someone)
Tagalog
1 entries- panubo noun (valve)
Turkish
2 entries- gaz noun (valve)
- gaz pedalı noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
Ukrainian
2 entries- души́ти verb (to strangle someone)
- задуши́ти verb (to strangle someone)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fersneller noun (the lever or pedal that controls this valve)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I need to drop these useless perceptions to take full throttle over my life.
Source: tatoeba (4606591)
The pilot controls the engine power using the throttle.
Source: tatoeba (5325844)
Simple, we'll throttle all submissions.
Source: tatoeba (6574108)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.