fang vs throttle

fang

noun
  • The valve of a pump box. 

  • That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods. 

  • Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ. 

  • A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air. 

  • A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold. 

  • The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap. 

  • a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh 

  • a long pointed tooth for injecting venom 

  • Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off. 

verb
  • To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate. 

  • To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to. 

  • To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. 

  • To strike or attack with the fangs. 

  • To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly. 

throttle

noun
  • The lever or pedal that controls this valve. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated. 

  • To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate. 

  • To control or adjust the speed of (an engine). 

  • To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated. 

  • To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.). 

  • To strangle or choke someone. 

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