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.
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.
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
To allow gases to escape.
To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
To express a strong emotion.
To sell; to vend.
To allow to escape through a vent.
An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
A small aperture.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
Ventriloquism.
A slit in the seam of a garment.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.