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.
To hold (something) tightly and press or twist.
To slide two ultraflat surfaces together such that their faces bond.
To bend or strain out of its position.
To squeeze or twist (something) tightly so that liquid is forced out. See also wring out.
To extract (a liquid) from something wet, especially cloth, by squeezing and twisting it.
To obtain (something from or out of someone or something) by force.
To draw (something from or out of someone); to generate (something) as a response.
To cause pain or distress to (someone / one's heart, soul, etc.).
A powerful squeezing or twisting action.