To restrain someone; to arrest.
To consume something quickly.
To take the opportunity of.
To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
To quickly collect or retrieve.
An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
A sound bite.
A simple card game.
A sudden snatch at something.
To strangle or choke someone.
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.).
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.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.