(1):

(v. t.) To compress the throat of; to choke; to strangle.

(2):

(n.) The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

(3):

(n.) The throttle valve.

(4):

(v. t.) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.

(5):

(v. t.) To shut off, or reduce flow of, as steam to an engine.

(6):

(v. i.) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.

(7):

(v. i.) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.