full throttle
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A maximum setting on an engine or motor control: especially, the totally open position of a valve for air intake, but also any corresponding maximum setting.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "there was no further sign of any Nazi planes, Perry banked southward and went roaring home to Base on full throttles"
- "its regs and serirs over which Land Rovers can race with full throttles and little chance of meeting any obstacle larger than a fist-sized stone."
- "Under full throttle, your car is just on the border of maximum traction"
- "I'm in the full throttles of an embrace and this is wonderful."
- "In the third week Dr. Gale shifted into full throttle back pedal."
- "The full-throttle growth was still in place, as it had been as long as I could remember."
Usage
Inflected Forms
full throttles (plural)
full-throttle (alternative, attributive)
more full throttle (comparative)
most full throttle (superlative)