slipper vs throttle

slipper

verb
  • To spank with a plimsoll as corporal punishment. 

noun
  • A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily. 

  • The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment. 

  • A kind of bedpan urinal shaped like a shoe. 

  • A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel. 

  • A person who slips. 

  • A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib. 

  • A kind of apron or pinafore for children. 

  • A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper". 

  • Such a shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom or house slipper. 

  • A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal). 

throttle

verb
  • 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.). 

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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