1. (n.) The windpipe, or trachea.
2. (n.) The throttle valve.
3. (v. t.) To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.
4. (v. t.) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
5. (v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.
6. (v. i.) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
7. (v. i.) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
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