Throat θrəʊt Caught Angry Noun Sore Sob Held

• a sore throat
• a sob caught in his throat.
• he held the knife to her throat.
• their throats had been cut.

throat

1. a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way into the body; the front part of the neck
• SEE ALSO strep throat
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• a sore throat
• A sob caught in his throat.
• He held the knife to her throat.
• Their throats had been cut.
• They caught a pig and Jack slit (= cut) its throat.
• He quickly stuffed a hot dog down his throat.

Extra Examples

• She felt the cold water trickle down her throat.
• She seized her attacker by the throat.
• The chemical causes eye, nose, and throat irritations.
• The medicine left a sour taste in the back of my throat.
• His throat constricted with fear when he saw the knife.
2. having the colour of throat mentioned; making a sound in the throat of the type mentioned
• a blue-throated macaw
• a deep-throated roar
3. to be fighting or arguing with each other
4. to cough (= to force out air noisily through your throat) so that you can speak clearly
5. to do something that is likely to harm you, especially when you are angry and trying to harm somebody else
6. to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying
• People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats.
7. to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time
8. to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional
9. to react very angrily to somebody
10. to be difficult or impossible to say
• She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
11. to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry

Word Origin

• Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with throttle.