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throttler

throttler noun: one who or that which throttles.

Noun

throttler (plural throttlers)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes) One who or that which throttles.
    • […] 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)
    • 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

Forms of throttler

pluralthrottlers

Origin of throttler

From throttle + -er.

Questions about throttler

What does throttler mean?
Throttler means one who or that which throttles.
What part of speech is throttler?
Throttler is a noun.
What is the plural of throttler?
The plural of throttler is throttlers.

Words near throttler in the dictionary

  1. throttlehold
  2. throttleholds
  3. throttleless
  4. throttleman
  5. throttlemen
  6. throttler
  7. throttlers
  8. throttles
  9. throttles down
  10. throttling
  11. throttling down

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