full throttle

Speech parts

1. full throttle - Noun

2. full throttle - Adverb

Meaning

A maximum setting on an engine or motor control.

A maximum level of speed, effort, or risk.

full throttle (comparative more full throttle, superlative most full throttle)

All out; at maximum speed, effort, or risk.

full-throttle

(attributive) Alternative form of full throttle

full-throttle (comparative more full-throttle, superlative most full-throttle)

Alternative form of full throttle

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

full-throttle

Synonyms

like hell full tilt boogie barreling pedal to the metal full bore balls to the wall balls-out

Antonyms

largo lento idly indolently sleepily larghetto
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Examples

A large set of these featured in the early games, but by Full Throttle (1995) and The Curse of Monkey Island (1997) these had been reduced to using character's eyes (to look), hands (to use, pick up, push, pull, etc.), or mouth (to talk, consume, inhale). Source: Internet

The Americans need to play full-throttle to win, and that’s exactly the pace they got. Source: Internet

Simon Vance's full-throttle narration is one of the many delights in this rousing biography of Winston Churchill's youthful escapades in the Boer War. Source: Internet

It is full-throttle dance combined with intimate story-telling, People ‘get’ it; they feel it deeply.” Source: Internet

In terms of songwriting, his bluesy, tuneful style isn’t much different from retro-popster Chris Isaak’s, which can be aurally frustrating since Danzig and his band’s pulverizing attack offers only one setting (full-throttle). Source: Internet

"I had to guide and receive guidance because I was a full-throttle steam engine which could out of control.' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

full take full temperature full term full tide full tilt full tilt boogie