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throat

   [throht]
noun Anatomy, Zoology.
1.
the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
2.
some analogous or similar narrowed part or passage.
3.
the front of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone.
4.
the narrow opening between a fireplace and its flue or smoke chamber, often closed by a damper.
5.
Nautical, Machinery. swallow1 (def. 13).
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6.
Nautical.
a.
Also called nock. the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
b.
jaw1 (def. 5).
7.
the forward edge of the opening in the vamp of a shoe.
8.
Automotive. barrel (def. 14).
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verb (used with object)
9.
to make a throat in; provide with a throat.
10.
to utter or express from or as from the throat; utter throatily.

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11.
cut one's own throat, to bring about one's own ruin: He cut his own throat by being nasty to the boss.
12.
jump down someone's throat, Informal. to disagree with, criticize, or scold overhastily: Wait and let me finish before you jump down my throat.
13.
lump in one's throat, a tight or uncomfortable feeling in the throat, as a reaction to an emotion: The sight of the infant brought a lump to her throat.
14.
ram/force (something) down someone's throat, Informal. to force someone to agree to or accept (something).
15.
stick in one's throat, to be difficult of expression; cause to hesitate: The words of sympathy stuck in her throat.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English throte, Old English throte, throta, throtu; akin to Old High German drozza throat, Old Norse throti swelling. See throttle
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Word Origin & History

throat
O.E. þrote (implied in þrotbolla "the Adam's apple, larynx," lit. "throat boll"), related to þrutian "to swell," from P.Gmc. *thrut- (cf. O.H.G. drozza, Ger. Drossel, O.S. strota, M.Du. strote, Du. strot "throat"), perhaps from PIE *trud- (cf. O.E. þrutian "to swell," O.N. þrutna
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"to swell"). The notion is of "the swollen part" of the neck. It. strozza "throat," strozzare "to strangle" are Gmc. loan-words. College slang for "competitive student" is 1970s, from cutthroat.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

throat (thrōt)
n.

  1. The portion of the digestive tract that lies between the rear of the mouth and the esophagus and includes the fauces and the pharynx.

  2. The anterior portion of the neck.

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Slang Dictionary

cut (one's) own throat definition


  1. tv.
    to do something that harms oneself. : He's just cutting his own throat, and he knows it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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throat definition


  1. n.
    an earnest student; a cutthroat student. (Collegiate.) : Martin is not a throat! He's not that smart.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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