throat
[ throht ]
/ θroʊt /
noun Anatomy, Zoology.
verb (used with object)
to make a throat in; provide with a throat.
to utter or express from or as from the throat; utter throatily.
Idioms for throat
Origin of throat
before 900; Middle English
throte, Old English
throte, throta, throtu; akin to Old High German
drozza throat, Old Norse
throti swelling. See
throttle
Words nearby throat
thrips,
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throat microphone,
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throat sweetbread,
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British Dictionary definitions for ram down someone's throat
throat
/ (θrəʊt) /
noun
Other words from throat
Related adjectives: gular, guttural, jugular, laryngealWord Origin for throat
Old English
throtu; related to Old High German
drozza throat, Old Norse
throti swelling
Medical definitions for ram down someone's throat
throat
[ thrōt ]
n.
The portion of the digestive tract that lies between the rear of the mouth and the esophagus and includes the fauces and the pharynx.
The anterior portion of the neck.
Idioms and Phrases with ram down someone's throat (1 of 2)
ram down someone's throat
Also, shove down someone's throat. Compel to accept or consider, as in That salesman tried to ram a life insurance policy down my throat, or She has a way of shoving her political views down your throat. These terms transfer forcing one to swallow something to forcing acceptance of an object or idea.
Idioms and Phrases with ram down someone's throat (2 of 2)
throat
see at each other's throats; cut someone's throat; frog in one's throat; jump down someone's throat; lump in one's throat; ram (shove) down someone's throat; stick in one's craw (throat).