Word.ws English Dictionary

Plural of throttle

regular plural

The plural of throttle is throttles.

Forms of throttle

Singularthrottle /ˈθɹɒtəl/
Pluralthrottles
Countablecountable

Throttles in a sentence

  • He throttles down, and the engines' roar quiets to a diesely growl.2010, Carl Safina, Song for the Blue Ocean, →ISBN. From the entry diesely
  • "You can feel it in here when it throttles down," noted Aldrin.2008, W. David Woods, chapter 10, in How Apollo Flew to the Moon, Springer, published 2011, page 294. From the entry throttle down
  • 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. From the entry full throttle
  • Rusty corkscrewed the plane back down again, but instead of mashing the throttles to the wall, he pulled them to idle.2006, Rocky Raab, Baggy Zero Four, page 155. From the entry corkscrew
  • The e-bikes in question have throttles, causing them to go much faster, up to 20 mph, than a basic pedal-assist e-bike or traditional bicycle.2025 December 11, Michelle Bandur, “Rocklin schools put the brakes on class 2 e-bikes due to more crashes, safety concerns”, in KCRA…. From the entry e-bike

Meaning of throttle

  1. noun A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
  2. noun The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
  3. noun The windpipe or trachea.

Full definition of throttle

Questions about the plural of throttle

What is the plural of throttle?
The plural of throttle is throttles.
Is throttle countable?
Throttle is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: throttle (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this page: “Plural of throttle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/throttle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.