Synonyms for throat


Grammar : Noun
Spell : throht
Phonetic Transcription : θroʊt

Top 10 synonyms for throat Other synonyms for the word throat

Définition of throat

Origin :
  • Old English þrote (implied in þrotbolla "the Adam's apple, larynx," literally "throat boll"), related to þrutian "to swell," from Proto-Germanic *thrut- (cf. Old High German drozza, German Drossel, Old Saxon strota, Middle Dutch strote, Dutch strot "throat"), perhaps from PIE *trud- (cf. Old English þrutian "to swell," Old Norse þrutna "to swell").
  • The notion is of "the swollen part" of the neck. Italian strozza "throat," strozzare "to strangle" are Germanic loan-words. College slang for "competitive student" is 1970s, from cutthroat.
  • noun neck
Example sentences :
  • A ghost of color was going up her throat, staining her cheeks.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "He had a gun shoved into the hollow of his throat," said Andy.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Charles had said as he fingered his throat, which was patched with black and blue.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • There was a snarl; Jeff had Joe by the throat, and Joe was reaching for his gun.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The fingers thrust at his throat—he seemed to be tearing his own flesh.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Jeff cleared his throat and looked about with foolish importance.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • If it be drinkable by any manner of mortal, I must moisten my throat with it.
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • There was a flame at his heart, a burning lump in his throat.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • There was a movement in her throat as though she swallowed something hard.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • My heart leaped into my throat, as it were, and I made ready for battle.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

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