throttler

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noun

One who or that which throttles.

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Meanings

nounthrottler (plural throttlers)

plural throttlers

  1. figurativelysometimesOne who or that which throttles.

    Current Blocked Async I/O Requests is the number of current asynchronous I/O requests blocked by bandwidth throttler.

    1996, James J. Townsend, Web Development with Microsoft Resources, page 191
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    […] a crowd of ragged, discharged soldiers, who, having served a government which takes and never gives, returning home without pay, took vengeance on the legalized throttlers of travel and trade.

    Missionary Review of the World; 1878-1939 (volume 20, part 2, page 723)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who kills by strangling

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garrotergarrotterstranglerchoker
Broader
killerslayer
Also see
chokergarroterstrangler

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From throttle + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

throttler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throttler

MLA

“throttler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throttler. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throttler,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throttler.

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