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full throttles

full throttles is the plural of full throttle.

Meaning of full throttle

Noun

full throttle (countable and uncountable, plural full throttles)

  1. A maximum setting on an engine or motor control: especially, the totally open position of a valve for air intake, but also any corresponding maximum setting.
    • there was no further sign of any Nazi planes, Perry banked southward and went roaring home to Base on full throttles1943, Johnston Carroll, “Wings of the North”, in Leo Margulies, editor, Flying Wildcats, page 127
    Antonyms:
    idle, idling
  2. (figuratively) A maximum level of speed, effort, or risk.
    • I'm in the full throttles of an embrace and this is wonderful.1999, David M. Jacobs, The Threat: Revealing the Secret Alien Agenda, page 228
    Synonyms:
    top gear, overdrive
    Antonyms:
    low gear

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Questions about full throttles

What is full throttles the plural of?
Full throttles is the plural of full throttle.

Words near full throttles in the dictionary

  1. full swap
  2. full swaps
  3. full take
  4. full term
  5. full throttle
  6. full throttles
  7. full tide
  8. full tilt
  9. full tilt boogie
  10. full time
  11. full times

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