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throat

  [throht] ,
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–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. swallow 1 (def. 13).
6. Nautical.
a. Also called nock. the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
b. jaw 1 (def. 5).
7. the forward edge of the opening in the vamp of a shoe.
8. Automotive. barrel (def. 14).
–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.
—Idioms
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 or 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:
bef. 900; ME throte, OE throte, throta, throtu; akin to OHG drozza throat, ON throti swelling. See throttle
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bar⋅rel

  [bar-uhl] noun, verb, -reled, -rel⋅ing or (especially British) -relled, -rel⋅ling.
–noun
1. a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
2. the quantity that such a vessel of some standard size can hold: for most liquids, 31 1/2 U.S. gallons (119 L); for petroleum, 42 U.S. gallons (159 L); for dry materials, 105 U.S. dry quarts (115 L). Abbreviation: bbl
3. any large quantity: a barrel of fun.
4. any container, case, or part similar to a wooden barrel in form.
5. Ordnance. the tube of a gun.
6. Machinery. the chamber of a pump in which the piston works.
7. a drum turning on a shaft, as in a weight-driven clock.
8. Horology. the cylindrical case in a watch or clock within which the mainspring is coiled.
9. Ornithology Obsolete. a calamus or quill.
10. the trunk of a quadruped, esp. of a horse, cow, etc.
11. Nautical. the main portion of a capstan, about which the rope winds, between the drumhead at the top and the pawl rim at the bottom.
12. a rotating horizontal cylinder in which manufactured objects are coated or polished by tumbling in a suitable substance.
13. any structure having the form of a barrel vault.
14. Also called throat. Automotive. a passageway in a carburetor that has the shape of a Venturi tube.
–verb (used with object)
15. to put or pack in a barrel or barrels.
16. to finish (metal parts) by tumbling in a barrel.
17. Informal. to force to go or proceed at high speed: He barreled his car through the dense traffic.
–verb (used without object)
18. Informal. to travel or drive very fast: to barrel along the highway.
—Idiom
19. over a barrel, Informal. in a helpless, weak, or awkward position; unable to act: They really had us over a barrel when they foreclosed the mortgage.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME barell < AF baril, OF barril < VL *barrīculum, equiv. to *barrīc(a), perh. deriv. of LL barra bar 1 + L -ulum -ule; cf. ML (ca. 800) barriclus small cask

jaw

1  [jaw]
–noun
1. either of two bones, the mandible or maxilla, forming the framework of the mouth.
2. the part of the face covering these bones, the mouth, or the mouth parts collectively: My jaw is swollen.
3. jaws, anything resembling a pair of jaws or evoking the concept of grasping and holding: the jaws of a gorge; the jaws of death.
4. Machinery.
a. one of two or more parts, as of a machine, that grasp or hold something: the jaws of a vise.
b. any of two or more protruding parts for attaching to or meshing with similar parts.
5. Often, jaws. Also called throat. Nautical. a forked piece at the end of a gaff, fitting halfway around the mast.
6. Slang.
a. idle talk; chatter.
b. impertinent talk.
–verb (used without object)
7. Slang.
a. to talk; chat; gossip.
b. to scold or use abusive language.
–verb (used with object)
8. Slang. to scold.
Origin:
1325–75; ME jawe, jowe < OF joue; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
jawless, adjective

swal⋅low

1  [swol-oh]
–verb (used with object)
1. to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
2. to take in so as to envelop; withdraw from sight; assimilate or absorb: He was swallowed by the crowd.
3. to accept without question or suspicion.
4. to accept without opposition; put up with: to swallow an insult.
5. to accept for lack of an alternative: Consumers will have to swallow new price hikes.
6. to suppress (emotion, a laugh, a sob, etc.) as if by drawing it down one's throat.
7. to take back; retract: to swallow one's words.
8. to enunciate poorly; mutter: He swallowed his words.
–verb (used without object)
9. to perform the act of swallowing.
–noun
10. the act or an instance of swallowing.
11. a quantity swallowed at one time; a mouthful: Take one swallow of brandy.
12. capacity for swallowing.
13. Also called crown, throat. Nautical, Machinery. the space in a block, between the groove of the sheave and the shell, through which the rope runs.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (v.) ME swalwen, var. of swelwen, OE swelgan; c. G schwelgen; akin to ON svelgja; (n.) ME swalwe, swolgh throat, abyss, whirlpool, OE geswelgh (see y- ); akin to MLG swelch, OHG swelgo glutton, ON svelgr whirlpool, devourer

Related forms:
swal⋅low⋅a⋅ble, adjective
swal⋅low⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. eat, gulp, drink. 2. engulf, devour. 10. gulp, draught, drink.
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throat   (thrōt)   
n.  

  1. The anterior portion of the neck.

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

  3. A narrow passage or part suggestive of the human throat: the throat of a horn.

  4. Botany The opening of a tubular corolla or calyx where the tube joins the limb.

tr.v.   throat·ed, throat·ing, throats
To pronounce with a harsh or guttural voice.

[Middle English throte, from Old English.]
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Slang Dictionary
barrel

  1. tv. & in.
    to drink liquor to excess. : Stop barreling beer and let's go home.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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jaw(bone)

  1. tv.
    to try to persuade someone verbally; to apply verbal pressure to someone. : They tried to jawbone me into doing it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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swallow

  1. n.
    a puff of cigarette smoke. : He took just one swallow and started coughing.
  2. tv.
    to believe or accept something. (See also eat (sth) up.) : Nobody's gonna swallow that nonsense.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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throat

  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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Word Origin & History

jaw 
c.1374, "the bones of the mouth," perhaps from O.Fr. joue "cheek," from Gaulish *gauta "cheek," or perhaps a variant of words related to chew (q.v.). Replaced O.E. ceace, ceafl. Slang for "to speak" since 1748; hence 19c. U.S. slang jawsmith "talkative person" (1887). Jawbreaker "word hard to pronounce" is from 1839.

swallow  (n.)
"migratory bird" (family Hirundinidae), O.E. swealwe, from P.Gmc. *swalwon (cf. O.S., O.N., O.Fris., Swed. svala, Dan. svale, M.Du. zwalewe, Du. zwaluw, O.H.G. swalawa, Ger. Schwalbe), from PIE *swol-wi- (cf. Rus. solowej, Slovak slavik, Pol. slowik "nightinggale"). The etymological sense is disputed. Popularly regarded as a harbinger of summer; swallows building nests on or near a house is considered good luck. First record of swallow-tail is 1545, of a type of arrowhead; of a type of coat, 1835.

barrel 
c.1300, from O.Fr. baril (12c.), with forms in all Romance languages, but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to bar. Meaning "metal tube of a gun" is from 1648. The verb meaning "to move quickly" is 1930, Amer.Eng. slang, perhaps suggestive of a rolling barrel.

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 "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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: jaw
Pronunciation: 'jo
Function: noun
1 : either of two complex cartilaginous or bony structures in most vertebrates that border themouth, support the soft parts enclosing it, and usually bear teeth on their oral margin: a : an upper structure more or less firmly fused with the skull called also upper jaw,maxilla b : a lower structure that consists of a single bone or of completely fused bones and that is hinged, movable, and articulated by a pair of condyles with the temporalbone of either side called also inferior maxillary bone, lower jaw, mandible
2 : the parts constituting the walls of the mouth and serving to open and close it—usually used in plural
3 : any of various organs of invertebrates that perform the function of the vertebrate jaws

Main Entry: 2swallow
Function: noun
1 : an act of swallowing
2 : an amount that can be swallowed at one time

Main Entry: throat
Pronunciation: 'thrOt
Function: noun
1 : the part of the neck in front of the spinal column
2 : the passagethrough the throat to the stomach and lungs containing the pharynx and upper part of the esophagus, the larynx, and the trachea
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jaw (jô)
n.

  1. Either of two bony structures that form the framework of the mouth and hold the teeth.

  2. The mandible or maxilla or the part of the face covering these bones.

jaw'less adj.

swallow swal·low (swŏl'ō)
v. swal·lowed, swal·low·ing, swal·lows
To pass something, as food or drink, through the mouth and throat into the stomach.

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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Science Dictionary
jaw   (jô)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. Either of two bony or cartilaginous structures that in most vertebrate animals form the framework of the mouth, hold the teeth, and are used for biting and chewing food. The lower, movable part of the jaw is the mandible. The upper, fixed part is the maxilla.

  2. Any of various structures of invertebrate animals, such as the pincers of spiders or mites, that function similarly to the jaws of vertebrates.


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Idioms & Phrases

throat

see at each other's throats; cut someone's throat; frog in one's throat; jump down someone's throat; lump in one's throat; ram (shove) down someone's throat; stick in one's craw (throat).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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