- (v.i.) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
- (v.t.) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
- (v.t.) To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
- (n.) The windpipe or trachea; the weasand.
- (v.i.) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
- (v.t.) To shut off or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
- (n.) The throttle valve.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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