noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stick in sb's throat/gullet
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Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
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It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
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Now sheer monotony makes it stick in the gullet like sawdust.
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Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
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The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
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While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bing could be one himself if he threw enough slugs down his gullet .
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He clutched his throat, gagging on the bone embedded in his gullet .
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Other rhythmic sequences consisted of repetitive simultaneous contractions in the uppermost portion of the gullet .
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Remnants were found in the throat and gullet , as some of it had been swallowed.
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Riven downed a great gulp of the cold beer and felt it alternately chill and warm his gullet .
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This mucus floods the area at the base of the tongue and the entrance to the gullet , adhering to the walls.