THROTTLE, THROTTLING
NOUNS
► FAM-SQUEEZE throttling, strangulation → E19 sl.
► GAROTTING ► GARROTTING a throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him → 1858
NOUNS – PERSON
► GAROTTER a person who throttles a person in order to rob him → 1859
► GARROTTE-MAN a person who performs a highway-robbery by throttling the victim → 1862
► GUZZLER a person who throttles or strangles; a murderer → L19 sl.
VERBS
► MUZZLE to throttle, to strangle → 1864 sl. (Bk.)
► FAGGOT ► FAGOT to throttle or strangle → L19 sl.
► GAROTTE ► GARROTTE to throttle a person in order to rob him → 1858
► GUZZLE to throttle; to seize by the throat, esp. with an armlock; to strangle; to choke violently → 1885 Amer. sl.
► PUT THE MUG ON SOMEONE to throttle or strangle a person → 1862 sl.
► SCRAG to throttle; to seize by the neck; to break the neck → 1884 Eng. dial.
► THRAPPLE ► THROPPLE to throttle, to strangle → 1570 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
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