throat
//ˈθɹəʊt//
Forms
- Plural
- throats
- present (v1)
- throat
- past (v2)
- throated
- past participle (v3)
- throated
- present participle
- throating
- 3rd person singular
- throats
Definitions
1.The front part of the neck.
- The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
- The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.
2.The gullet or windpipe.
- As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
3.A narrow opening in a vessel.
- The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
4.Short for station throat
1.To utter in or with the throat.
- He beat about and pecked the net until his mate was liberated, and, throating a song of gratitude, the bird he freed flew to the sky.
- Tariq wants to be tactful and refrains from his natural impulse to throat his pain and curse her loudly in French. The girl looks devastated.
2.To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)(informal)
- The Roman began to throat his rigid flagpole of a mancock, making groaning noises.
- His head leaned back, water splashing his face as I throated his solid pipe. Those giant hands found the back of my head as he worked his hips back and forth to pump further and further into my mouth.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2650
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Etymology
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”).