THROTTLEHOLD

Meaning of THROTTLEHOLD in English

/throt"l hohld'/ , n.

a stifling suppression: The new regime kept a throttlehold on academic freedom.

[ 1930-35; THROTTLE + (STRANGLE)HOLD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

THROTTLEHOLD — noun Date: 1935 a vicious, strangling, or stultifying control
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THROTTLEHOLD — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: throttle (I) + hold : a vicious, strangling, or stultifying control a throttlehold on the daily press
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROTTLEHOLD — noun Date: 1935 : a vicious, strangling, or stultifying control
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROTTLEHOLD — [throt.tle.hold] n (1935): a vicious, strangling, or stultifying control
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THROTTLEHOLD — Pronunciation: ' thrä-t ə l- ˌ h ō ld Function: noun Date: 1935 : a vicious, strangling, or stultifying control
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary