Read full poem →Dancing to the strong rhythm of your words,
The modern kings will throttle you to greet
The piping voice of artificial birds.
Dictionary Entry
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
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Common Phrases
. throttlevalve throttlebody throttleposition throttlelever throttlecontrol throttlethrottle fullthrottle open
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Poetry examples for “throttle”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →It got to a pitch, when the hand indeed
Which gutted my purse would throttle my creed:
And it overflows when, to even the odd,