Definitions
1.verbTo cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
2.verbTo strangle or choke someone.
3.verbTo have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
4.verbTo breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
5.verbTo utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.