Drossel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- throstle noun Another name for the song thrush.
- throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.
- thrush noun A songbird, often brown-speckled, from a family that includes the song thrush and the American robin.
Senses
Drossel is used for these senses in English:
- choke A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- choke (electronics) A choking coil.
- song thrush A songbird in the thrush family, found across Eurasia (Turdus philomelos).
- throstle (dialectal, or, archaic) A song thrush.
- thrush Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
choke — full definition
- verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
- verb To squeeze someone's throat so they cannot breathe; to strangle.
- verb To perform badly under pressure at a crucial moment, especially when close to winning.
- noun A valve that adjusts the fuel-air mixture in an engine, especially to help start it when cold.
throstle — full definition
- noun Another name for the song thrush.
- noun A machine used for spinning fibers like wool or cotton, which works continuously and keeps its twisting parts fixed, unlike a mule.
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