- a device that controls the amount of fuel that goes into the engine of a vehicle, for example the accelerator in a carTopics Transport by car or lorryc2Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): perhaps a frequentative, from throat; the noun (dating from the mid 16th cent. referring to a person's throat, gullet or windpipe) is perhaps a diminutive of throat, but the history of the word is not clear.
Idioms
See throttle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryat full throttle
- as fast as possible; with as much power or energy as possible
- He drove along at full throttle.
- The campaign is continuing to run at full throttle.
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