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throat / [unvoicedth]rōt/ • n. the passage that leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal. ∎ the front part of a person's or animal's neck, behind which the esophagus, trachea, and blood vessels serving the head are situated: a gold pendant gleamed at her throat. ∎ poetic/lit. a voice of a person or a songbird: from a hundred throats came the cry “Vive l'Empereur!” ∎ a thing compared to a throat, esp. 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. cut one's own throat bring about one's own downfall by one's actions. force (or shove or ram) something down someone's throat force ideas or material on a person's attention by repeatedly putting them forward. grab (or take) someone by the throat put one's hands around someone's throat, typically in an attempt to throttle them. ∎ (grab something by the throat) seize control of something: in the second half, the Huskies took the game by the throat. ∎ attract someone's undivided attention: the movie grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. jump down someone’s throat see jump.stick in one’s throat see stick2 .DERIVATIVES: throat·ed adj. [in comb.] a full-throated baritone a ruby-throated hummingbird. |
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"throat." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "throat." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-throat.html "throat." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-throat.html |
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throat OE. þrote, þrotu = OHG. drozza (MHG. drozze), f. Gmc. *þrut- *þrūt- (repr. also by ON. þroti swelling. OE. þrūtian, ON. þrútna swell).
Hence throaty (-Y1) XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "throat." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "throat." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-throat.html T. F. HOAD. "throat." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-throat.html |
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throat, the name given to the upper foremost corner of a four-sided sail in a fore-and-aft rig. It was also the name sometimes given to the jaws of a gaff. For illus. see fore-and-aft rig.
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"throat." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "throat." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-throat.html "throat." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-throat.html |
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throat. Contraction of the flue of a chimney over the fireplace.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "throat." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "throat." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-throat.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "throat." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-throat.html |
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throat See pharynx
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"throat." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "throat." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-throat.html "throat." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-throat.html |
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throat
•afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, gloat, goat, groat, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote
•flatboat
•mailboat, sailboat, whaleboat
•speedboat • keelboat
•dreamboat, steamboat
•lifeboat • iceboat • longboat
•sauceboat • houseboat
•rowboat, showboat
•U-boat • tugboat • gunboat
•powerboat • motorboat • riverboat
•workboat • Haggadoth • anecdote
•scapegoat • redingote • nanny goat
•zygote • redcoat • tailcoat • raincoat
•waistcoat • greatcoat • petticoat
•topcoat • housecoat • undercoat
•entrecôte • surcoat • turncoat
•matelote • banknote • headnote
•endnote • keynote • woodnote
•footnote • compote • whitethroat
•shofroth • bluethroat • cut-throat
•creosote • mitzvoth • mezuzoth
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"throat." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "throat." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-throat.html "throat." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-throat.html |
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