[throat] n [ME throte, fr. OE; akin to OHG drozza throat] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): the part of the neck in front of the spinal column (2): the passage through the neck to the stomach and lungs b (1): voice (2): the seat of the voice
2: something resembling the throat esp. in being an entrance, a passageway, a constriction, or a narrowed part: as a: the orifice of a tubular organ esp. of a plant b: the opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep c: the part of a tennis racket that connects the head with the shaft
3: the curved part of an anchor's arm where it joins the shank--see anchor illustration -- at each other's throats : in open and aggressive conflict
[2]throat vt (ca. 1611) 1: to utter in the throat: mutter
2: to sing or enunciate in a throaty voice