jugular
Anatomy.
of or relating to the throat or neck.
noting or pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck, especially one (external jugular vein ) collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or one (internal jugular vein ) collecting blood from within the skull.
(of a fish) having the pelvic fins at the throat, before the pectoral fins.
Anatomy. a jugular vein.
Idioms about jugular
go for the jugular, to attack a vital and vulnerable trait, feature, element, etc., in an attempt to overcome somebody or something swiftly and totally: The defense attorney went right for the jugular by attempting to destroy the witness's credibility.
Origin of jugular
1Other words from jugular
- in·ter·jug·u·lar, adjective
- post·jug·u·lar, adjective
- sub·jug·u·lar, adjective
Words that may be confused with jugular
- juggler, jugular
Words Nearby jugular
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How to use jugular in a sentence
The doctor was cutting my neck open to put a line into my jugular to try to get blood into me fast enough to save me.
The new study went straight for that previously untenable jugular.
Quantum Computing and Reinforcement Learning Are Joining Forces to Make Faster AI | Shelly Fan | March 16, 2021 | Singularity HubBoth have clear strengths, clear weaknesses, and campaigns that are not afraid to go for the jugular.
The Bruce Braley-Joni Ernst Race Is Iowa’s Ugliest Senate Campaign Ever | Ben Jacobs | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese early rehearsal scenes see Simmons go for the jugular, verbally undressing his students with rapacious license.
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Or when in the midst of an uncomfortably aggressive tryst, Franklin forced Tara to take a bite out of his jugular.
‘True Blood’ Premiere: Is Sex the Only Reason We’re Still Watching? | Kevin Fallon | June 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTNot infrequently, when their encyclopedic lack of knowledge is gently pointed out, they go for the reproductive jugular.
Deeper and deeper the crooked teeth dug; and then with a burst of bright blood, they pierced the jugular vein itself.
Wild Folk | Samuel ScovilleKill by cutting the jugular vein with a sharp pen-knife, just under the sides of the head, and hang them up to bleed.
Soil Culture | J. H. Walden(ii) If there be thrombosis of the bulb of the jugular vein.
He would tear Thoreau's jugular out if he had half a chance.
The Courage of Marge O'Doone | James Oliver CurwoodBut Professor Huxley has kindly informed me that he has discovered a jugular fish in the Permian deposits.
On the Genesis of Species | St. George Mivart
British Dictionary definitions for jugular
/ (ˈdʒʌɡjʊlə) /
of, relating to, or situated near the throat or neck
of, having, or denoting pelvic fins situated in front of the pectoral fins: a jugular fish
short for jugular vein
go for the jugular to make a savage and destructive attack on an enemy's weakest point
Origin of jugular
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with jugular
see go for, def. 4.
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