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throat

Pronunciation: /θrəʊt/

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Definition of throat

noun

  • the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal: her throat was parched with thirst he’s pouring beer down his throat
  • the front part of a person’s or animal’s neck:a gold pendant gleamed at her throat
  • literary a voice of a person or a songbird:from a hundred throats came the cry ‘Vive l’Empereur!’
  • a thing compared to a throat, especially a narrow passage, entrance, or exit.
  • Sailing the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.

Phrases

be at each other's throats

(of people or organizations) quarrel or fight persistently: they were always at each other’s throats

cut one's own throat

bring about one’s own downfall by one’s actions.

force (or ram or shove) something down someone's throat

force ideas or material on a person’s attention by repeatedly putting them forward: the literature they forced down our throats in high school

grab (or take) someone by the throat

put one’s hands around someone’s throat, typically in an attempt to throttle them: Hugh grabbed him by the throat
(grab something by the throat) seize control of something:Scotland took the game by the throat
attract someone’s undivided attention:the film grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go

Derivatives

throated

adjective
[in combination]:a full-throated baritone

Origin:

Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with throttle

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