throat

UK /ˈθɹəʊt/ US /ˈθɹoʊt/
noun 5verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

The front part of the neck.

The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.

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

5

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

By the throat of a Chimney, I mean the lower extremity of its canal, where it unites with the upper part of its open Fire-place.

This course of bricks will be upon a level for instance, higher than this part, otherwise the with the top of the door-way left for the chimney throat of the chimney will not be properly form.

verb

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.

As you know, I have gone in for the more manly athletics here with my visual enthusiasm, throating a nasty tenor on the Glee Club and shaking a vicious hoof on our dancing team. Well, last night the Intercollegiate Shimmy Contest with Goofy ...

2

To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)

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.

3

To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

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