pant vs throttle

pant

verb
  • To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. 

  • Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate. 

  • To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc. 

  • To sigh; to flutter; to languish. 

  • To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. 

  • To heave, as the breast. 

noun
  • A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation. 

  • Eager longing. 

  • Of or relating to pants. 

  • Any public drinking fountain. 

  • A pair of pants (trousers or underpants). 

throttle

verb
  • To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated. 

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

  • To strangle or choke someone. 

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. 

  • The lever or pedal that controls this valve. 

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