THROTTLE Copy link • THROTTLE 1. s. Vid: THROAT. 2. v. alicui elidere spiritum, fauces, or collum (the proper word; although the last two occur only Ov., Met., 12, 142, and Sen., Herc., oet., 1235: to be distinguished from suffocare = to suffocate, choke; from strangulare = to strangle; and from jugulare = to cut the throat).