Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The esophagus.
- n. The throat.
- n. Zoology An invagination into the cytoplasm of certain ciliates, used for food intake.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The passage in the neck of an animal by which food and drink pass from the mouth to the stomach; the throat; technically, in anatomy, the esophagus.
- n. Something resembling the throat in shape, position, or functions. A deep narrow passage through which a stream flows; a ravine; a water-channel.
- n. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width to admit of the passage of wagons.
- n. A peculiar concave cut in the teeth of some saw-blades. See gullet-saw.
- n. A gore, as in a skirt.
- n. Part of a hood or cowl.
- n. A piece of armor for the throat or upper part of the body.
- n. The lower end of a horse-collar about which pass the choke-strap and breast-strap.
- n. The arch of a bridge.
- n. A parcel or lot.
- n. A fish, the pike.
- To cut or make gullets in: as, to gullet a saw.
Wiktionary
- n. The throat or esophagus.
- n. cytology The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
- n. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
- n. A channel for water.
- n. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
- n. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions.
- n. A channel for water.
- n. (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
- n. A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Etymologies
- From Old English golet, Old French goulet, from Latin gula. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from goule, throat, from Latin gula. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“_Impaction of foreign bodies_; _Compression of the gullet from without_; _Spasm of the muscular coat_; _Cardiospasm_; _Paralysis of the gullet_; _Diverticula_ or _pouches of the gullet_;”
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
“_Innocent stricture_; _Malignant stricture, including cancer at the junction of pharynx and gullet and cancer at the lower end of the gullet_.”
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
“When the food has been thoroughly moistened and crushed in the mouth and rolled into a lump, or bolus, at the back of the tongue, it is started down the elevator shaft which we call the gullet, or esophagus.”
“The best way of getting pulses down my gullet is with dhal, in which split peas are completely melted, boiled with curry powder, garlic, chili, and then topped off with cumin seeds and garlic fried to a crisp which both add that magical aroma.”
“They use the feathers to line their crops, thus preventing irritaion of the gullet from the German tourist bones.”
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“What sticks in the gullet is that we get the blame when they havn’t got the balls to run with a job at court. on July 22, 2009 at 9: 17 pm Wig and Gown”
“If women are targets or "pie" or "gullet" -- this writer is a wad of wankery, tacky ejaculate, unwittingly revealing what makes him screech and wee wee.”
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“To have this quasi-feudal law in the 21 century is an outrage, but what sticks in the gullet is the contempt the sneering Beeboids have for us while they take our money. stanley Jerusalem”
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“Paralysis of the muscular fibres of the gullet is a very common cause of choking in swine.”
“This budding off of the lungs from the gullet is the reason why the air we breathe and the food we swallow go down the same passage.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gullet’.
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Olde Englisc
English words of Anglo-Saxon origin.
onslaught, slain, clove, clave, thrice, nincompoop, scorn, storm, scant, lurk, beneath, atop and 143 more...
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LIT - Ulysses - key words and phrases
vanish, number one, archangel, commodious, dominie, rubble, glisten, morose, spindle, ventilation, Blessed, christian and 503 more...
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In the Collieries
A collection of coal mining and colliery terms. Some British, some Scots, and some, Other. Many terms are quite to the point; others colorful and imaginative.
Also see Middlesmith's li...fire-damp, black-damp, choke-damp, skip, basket, gallery, Gregory lamp, pit, balance, balancer, tenter, coupler and 313 more...
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Letterrorists
A bunch of -let words, emphasis on the diminutive. Feel free to neologize.
booklet, flatlet, haslet, nutlet, platelet, streamlet, varlet, aglet, gablet, leaflet, piglet, ringlet and 504 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
grocer, gabanergic, gabardine, gabbro, gaffe, gneiss, grapple, grosgrain, grommet, gratify, gossamer, goofy and 194 more...
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ulyssean
... as in "by James Joyce"
stately, plump, aloft, gurgling, untonsured, chrysostomos, jowl, parapet, jesuit, indigestion, scutter, noserag and 688 more...
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TheLastGoodNameLeft
The Last Good Words Left
ephemera, gammon, errata, ellipses, octopi, heteronormative, polyp, intersectionality, theses, california, halfback, fullback and 555 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Webbie Debbie's
portend... omen.../whats to come
glum plumportend, sotto, azure, idly, glum, morose, sidelong, Mary Blair, rendering, dubious, winsome, humongous and 100 more...
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Red Seas Under Red Skies
Words and phrase from Scott Lynch's book, Red Seas Under Red Skies.
legate, pugnacity, weevil, steady as a dry-d..., chit, sans, apprise, forfend, ken, expatriate, enclave, scrubs and 220 more...
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Words and phrases from Scott Lynch's book, The Lies of Locke Lamora
constable, windfall, sternum, commensurate, disinter, grotty, thresher shark, savvy, miser, reticent, magnanimous, trowel and 301 more...
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South Yorkshire medical terminology
For definitions see the source document.
"All the words and phrases included in this guide are those that have been used by patients during consultations and have been included to assi...winkle, wind pipe, willy, widgy, well, it's a nogg..., wee-wee, water, uncle sam, tuppence, tummy ache, trotters, tootsies and 123 more...
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english
gullet, boon, vixen, squalor, mire, revelry, levy, embossed, revulsion, vanquish, snivel, milksop and 84 more...
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New words
New words off newspapers, books, etc. which are worth knowing
bildungsroman, concoction, troika, indelible, confetti, hegemony, propensity, baleful, insipid, plebiscite, escutcheon, rigmarole and 40 more...
Tweets
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brtom About us gobblers fork spiced beans down their gullets.
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