Thesaurus / throttle
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It operates with a twist throttle, so Wilder is learning real motorcycle control skills, as well as balance, as he rips around trails on this thing at nine miles per hour, the top speed.
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Because you don’t need to shift, accelerating is an easy, linear experience—twist that throttle and zoom forward.
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Although sometimes when it’s difficult, the tendency for me is not to want to walk away from it, I just want to go full throttle forward and just plunge into it.
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Ergonomic controls are mounted right on the tube for ease-of-use, and a cruise-control feature allows you to maintain constant air-power for extended periods without riding the throttle.
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The motor assists when the rider is pedaling or when the rider uses a throttle to accelerate without pedaling.
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Bending lower over the handlebars, he opened the throttle with a twist of his left hand.
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A further control of the high speed jet is provided by the fuel metering valve operated by the carbureter throttle.
MARVEL CARBURETER AND HEAT CONTROLANONYMOUS
Advance spark lever about half way and throttle lever about one-quarter way and depress starter pedal.
MARVEL CARBURETER AND HEAT CONTROLANONYMOUS
If the engine idles too fast with throttle closed, the latter may be adjusted by means of the throttle lever adjusting screw.
MARVEL CARBURETER AND HEAT CONTROLANONYMOUS
Karl cried, trying blindly to reach him, to grasp his throat to throttle him.
THE DEVILJOSEPH O'BRIEN
WORDS RELATED TO THROTTLE
- arrest
- bar
- barricade
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- close
- congest
- crab
- curb
- cut off
- drag one's feet
- fill
- foul up
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- hang up
- hide
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- mask
- monkey with
- obscure
- occlude
- plug
- restrain
- retard
- sandbag
- shield
- shut off
- slow down
- stall
- stonewall
- stop
- stopper
- stymie
- terminate
- throttle
- thwart
- trammel
- weigh down
- arrest
- bar
- barricade
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- close
- congest
- crab
- curb
- cut off
- drag one's feet
- fill
- foul up
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- hang up
- hide
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- mask
- monkey with
- obscure
- occlude
- plug
- restrain
- retard
- sandbag
- shield
- shut off
- slow down
- stall
- stonewall
- stop
- stopper
- stymie
- terminate
- throttle
- thwart
- trammel
- weigh down
- ambush
- annex
- apprehend
- appropriate
- arrest
- arrogate
- bag
- bust
- capture
- carry off
- catch
- claw
- clutch
- commandeer
- confiscate
- conquer
- exact
- force
- gain
- get
- grab
- grasp
- hijack
- hook
- impound
- incorporate
- kidnap
- lift
- nab
- nail
- occupy
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overwhelm
- pick up
- pounce
- secure
- snag
- snare
- spirit away
- subdue
- take
- take by storm
- take captive
- take over
- take possession of
- throttle
- trap
- usurp
- wrench
- ambush
- annex
- apprehend
- appropriate
- arrest
- arrogate
- bag
- bust
- capture
- carry off
- catch
- claw
- clutch
- commandeer
- confiscate
- conquer
- exact
- force
- gain
- get
- grab
- grasp
- hijack
- hook
- impound
- incorporate
- kidnap
- lift
- nab
- nail
- occupy
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overwhelm
- pick up
- pounce
- secure
- snag
- snare
- spirit away
- subdue
- take
- take by storm
- take captive
- take over
- take possession of
- throttle
- trap
- usurp
- wrench
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