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throat (t̸hrōt)
noun
- the front part of the neck
- the upper part of the passage leading from the mouth and nose to the stomach and lungs, including the pharynx and the upper larynx, trachea, and esophagus
- any narrow passage, part, or entrance
Etymology: ME throte < OE, akin to Ger dross(el), throat < IE *(s)treu-, swollen, stretched < base *(s)ter-, stiff > stare
transitive verb
cut each other's throats
cut one's own throat
jump down someone's throat
ram something down someone's throat
stick in one's throat
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
throat
n.
cut each other's throats*
cut one's own throat*
ram down someone's throat*
stick in one's throat*
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Converse of object
- slit: Soon, they all lay dead at her feet, their throats all neatly slit into macabre grins across their necks.
Adjective modifier
- sore: Poor little Annie Davies was absent from school with a sore throat which led to her funeral just 8 days later!
Modifies a noun
- swab: Therefore their presence on throat swab cultures is normal; finding them in cultured blood samples is highly significant.
Noun used with modifier
- strep: If OCD results from a strep throat infection, the symptoms seem to start quickly, probably within one or two weeks.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat.
After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.
Ask me no more whither dost haste The nightingale when May is past; For in your sweet dividing throat She winters, and keeps warm her note.
Webster's New World Dictionary of Quotations Copyright © 2005 by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Published by Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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