sucker vs throttle

sucker

noun
  • The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. 

  • A pipe through which anything is drawn. 

  • An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces. 

  • Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments. 

  • A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned. 

  • A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything. 

  • An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs. 

  • A suction cup. 

  • See if you can get that sucker working again. 

  • A person. 

  • A thing that works by sucking something. 

  • A lollipop; a piece of candy which is sucked. 

  • An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree. 

  • A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive or gullible person. 

  • A parasite; a sponger. 

  • Any thing or object. 

  • A person irresistibly attracted by something specified. 

verb
  • To lure someone. 

  • To produce suckers; to throw up additional stems or shoots. 

  • To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers. 

  • To move or attach oneself by means of suckers. 

  • To fool someone; to take advantage of someone. 

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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