throat

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  1. noun The anterior portion of the neck.
  2. noun Anatomy The portion of the digestive tract that lies between the rear of the mouth and the esophagus and includes the fauces and the pharynx.
  3. noun A narrow passage or part suggestive of the human throat: the throat of a horn.
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  • The '59 Sound-or for anyone who can scream Hot Water Music's "Turnstile" until your throat is as coarse as Chuck Ragan's-welcome to your next musical obsession. —  Portland Mercury
  • The only thing that helps get these things down your throat is the ketchup and little pickle but believe me that is not enough. —  Irish Blogs
  • Thin chokers with distinctive and detailed pendants worn close to the throat are also a common theme in the jewelry of Thailand. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Well my throat was already drier than a sand martini, and I didn't have any more olives. —  The Toque
  • The z-plasty on my throat is a talisman protecting me from the temptations and sanctions of normalcy. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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  1. Middle English throte, from Old English.

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  1. Early modern English also throte; from Middle English throte, from Anglo-Saxon throtu, also throta, throte (= Old High German drozza, Middle High German drozze, throat) (hence diminutive throttle, n.); perhaps from threótan (past participle throten), in the orig. sense ‘push,’ ‘thrust’ (either as being ‘pushed out’ or ‘prominent,’ or with reference to the ‘thrusting’ of food down the throat): see threat. A similar notion appears in the origin of a different noun of the same sense, namely D. strot = OFries. strot (-bolla) = Middle Low German strote = Middle High German strozze (later Italian strozza), the throat, gullet; from the root of strut, ‘swell,’ be prominent.
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