the windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.-the throttle valve.-to compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.-to utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.-to shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.-to have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.-to breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.