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THROTTLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throttler mean? 

THROTTLER (noun)
  The noun THROTTLER has 1 sense:

1. someone who kills by stranglingplay

  Familiarity information: THROTTLER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THROTTLER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who kills by strangling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

choker; garroter; garrotter; strangler; throttler

Hypernyms ("throttler" is a kind of...):

killer; slayer (someone who causes the death of a person or animal)

Derivation:

throttle (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)


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