THROTTLED

Definition: THROTTLED

THROTTLED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Throttle

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "THROTTLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Crosswords: THROTTLED

Specialty definitions using "THROTTLED": flick roll ♦ regulated feed. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You might have let me in on your plan while he throttled me. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)
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Domain	Title
Books	Throttled Street and Other Stories (reference) (more book examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He throttled down his motor.
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"THROTTLED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 51.52% of the time. "THROTTLED" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	51.52%	17	85,106
Lexical Verb (past participle)	42.42%	14	93,893
Adjective (general or positive)	6.06%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	33	N/A

Expression using "THROTTLED": be throttled. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "THROTTLED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i mbytur (drowned, hollow, muffled, muted, strangulated, suffocated, wrecked). (various references)

Arabic		‏مخنوق (strangled). (various references)

Chinese		节流 (throttling). (various references)

French		étranglé. (various references)

German		erdrosselte (garroted, strangled), drosselte, abgedrosselt. (various references)

Hebrew		להתחנק (be throttled, strangle oneself). (various references)

Korean		목을 조르는. (various references)

Pig Latin		ottledthray
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"THROTTLED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: throatle, throtle, thrttle, trottle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "THROTTLED" (pronounced thrÄ"tuld)
5	-Ä" t u l d	bottled, mottled.
4	-t u l d	battled, belittled, chortled, disgruntled, dismantled, embattled, entitled, nettled, rattled, resettled, scuttled, settled, shuttled, startled, subtitled, tattled, titled, totaled, totalled, unsettled, whittled.
3	-u l d	addled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disheveled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tickled, tinkled, toggled, toppled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-h-l-o-r-t-t-t"
	-1 letter: throttle.
	-2 letters: dottrel, trothed, trotted.
	-3 letters: dehort, dottel, dotter, dottle, holder, hotted, hotter, lotted, retold, rotted, tholed, tother, totted, totter.
	-4 letters: dhole, doeth, doter, helot, holed, horde, hotel, lotte, older, other, otter, rotte, thole, throe, toled, torte, toted, toter, trode, troth.
	-5 letters: delt, doer, dole, dolt, dore, dote, doth, held, helo, herd, herl, hero, hoed.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-h-l-o-r-t-t-t"
	+3 letters: throttlehold.
	+4 letters: tetartohedral, throttleholds, trothplighted.
	+5 letters: stadtholderate, stoutheartedly.
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