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throat

UK/ˈθɹəʊt/ US/ˈθɹoʊt/ common informal uk

noun

1.

the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

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2.

an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

3.

a passage resembling a throat in shape or function

  • “the throat of the vase”
  • “the throat of a chimney”

Origin

From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut.

Phrases

  • at someone's throat Terms derived from throat (noun)
  • bone in the throat Terms derived from throat (noun)
  • bring a lump to someone's throat Terms derived from throat (noun)
  • clear one's throat Terms derived from throat (noun)
  • clergyman's sore throat Terms derived from throat (noun)
  • clergyman's throat Terms derived from throat (noun)
  • climb down someone's throat Terms derived from throat (noun)
  • cut one's own throat Terms derived from throat (noun)

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