/ θrəʊt; NAmE θroʊt/ noun
1.
a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way into the body; the front part of the neck :
a sore throat
A sob caught in his throat.
He held the knife to her throat.
Their throats had been cut.
—picture at body
2.
-throated (in adjectives) having the type of throat mentioned :
a deep-throated roar
a red-throated diver
—see also cut-throat
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IDIOMS
- be at each other's throats
- cut your own throat
- force / thrust / ram sth down sb's throat
—more at clear verb , frog , jump verb , lump noun , stick verb
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English throte , throtu , of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel . Compare with throttle .