throat

throat
[[t]θro͟ʊt[/t]]
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throats
1) N-COUNT: oft poss N Your throat is the back of your mouth and the top part of the tubes that go down into your stomach and your lungs.

She had a sore throat...

As she stared at him she felt her throat go dry.

2) N-COUNT: oft poss N Your throat is the front part of your neck.

His striped tie was loosened at his throat.

3) PHRASE: V inflects If you clear your throat, you cough once in order to make it easier to speak or to attract people's attention.

Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low, polite tones.

4) PHRASE: V inflects If you ram something down someone's throat or force it down their throat, you keep mentioning a situation or idea in order to make them accept it or believe it.

I've always been close to my dad but he's never rammed his career down my throat...

I can't understand why we're trying to ram Shakespeare down their throats.

5) PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v If two people or groups are at each other's throats, they are quarrelling or fighting violently with each other.

The idea that Billy and I are at each other's throats couldn't be further from the truth.

Syn:
at loggerheads
6) PHRASE: V inflects If something sticks in your throat, you find it unacceptable.

What sticks in my throat is that I wasn't able to win the trophy...

She wanted to ask if he had news of Keith, but the words stuck in her throat.

7) a lump in your throat → see lump

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • throat — [ θrout ] noun count *** 1. ) the area at the back of your mouth and inside your neck: The curry was still burning his throat. She s in bed with a throat infection. sore throat: Have we got any medicine for a sore throat? => FROG 2. ) your… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • throat — W3S3 [θrəut US θrout] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Throat — (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote, [thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. {Throttle}.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • throat — [thrōt] n. [ME throte < OE, akin to Ger dross(el), throat < IE * (s)treu , swollen, stretched < base * (s)ter , stiff > STARE] 1. the front part of the neck 2. the upper part of the passage leading from the mouth and nose to the… …   English World dictionary

  • throat — throat; throat·ed; throat·i·ly; throat·i·ness; throat·ing; throat·less; …   English syllables

  • throat´i|ly — throat|y «THROH tee», adjective, throat|i|er, throat|i|est. 1. produced or modified in the throat; guttural or velar: »The young girl had a throaty voice. 2. low pitched and resonant: » …   Useful english dictionary

  • throat|y — «THROH tee», adjective, throat|i|er, throat|i|est. 1. produced or modified in the throat; guttural or velar: »The young girl had a throaty voice. 2. low pitched and resonant: » …   Useful english dictionary

  • throat — ► NOUN 1) the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal, through which food passes to the oesophagus and air passes to the lungs. 2) the front part of the neck. 3) literary a voice of a person or a songbird. ● be at… …   English terms dictionary

  • Throat — Throat, v. t. 1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 …   Etymology dictionary

  • throat — noun 1 front part of the neck VERB + THROAT ▪ cut, slash, slit ▪ rip out ▪ I wanted to rip his throat out. PREPOSITION ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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