throatthroat /θrəʊt $ θroʊt/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 
the passage from the back of your mouth to the top of the tubes that go down to your lungs and stomach: 
The singer complained of a sore throat after Wednesday’s show.2the front of your neck: She fingered the pearls at her throat.3clear your throat to make a noise in your throat, especially before you speak, or in order to get someone’s attention4force/ram/shove something down somebody’s throat informal to force someone to accept or listen to your ideas and opinions5be at each other’s throats if two people are at each other’s throats, they are fighting or arguing6cut your own throat to behave in a way that is certain to harm you, especially because you are proud or angry → a lump in/to somebody’s throat at lump1(4), → have a frog in your throat at frog(2), → jump down somebody’s throat at jump1(13), → stick in somebody’s throat at stick1(12)
WORD ORIGINthroat
Origin:
Old English throteEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Does your throat hurt?
- The attacker grabbed Siegel by the throat and refused to let go.
- He became vast and covered me, covered my face, his hideous throat working.
- I opened my mouth and felt the scalds on the mucous membrane inside my throat.
- Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.
- She held it with one hand while the other went to her throat, as Nellie's face appeared at the door.
- The sedative effects of alcohol cause the throat muscle to relax too much and also interfere with the involuntary awakening mechanisms.
- Their throats had been punctured and their blood drained.
- Williams cleared his throat, made a few introductory remarks about the occasion.
Longman Language Activatorto argue
if people argue , they speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something: · Jim and Beth seem to spend all their time arguing.argue with: · Don't argue with me, John. Just do what I tell you.argue about/over: · The two men at the bar were arguing about politics.· My kids spend more time arguing over the rules than they do playing the game.
if two people quarrel , they argue angrily and may stop being friends with each other: · Whenever my sisters meet they always end up quarrelling.quarrel with: · She left home after quarrelling with her parents.quarrel about/over: · The two brothers had quarreled over ownership of the farm.
to argue in an angry and violent way, especially with someone you know well: · Kerry's parents are always fighting -- I'm not surprised she left home.fight over/about: · Two men fighting over a parking space were arrested earlier today.· If you two don't stop fighting about what to watch I'm going to send you to your room.
also have a row British informal if two people have a fight or have a row , they argue very angrily and noisily: have a fight with: · April had a fight with her boyfriend and doesn't want to come out of her room.have a fight about/over: · Kelvin and his wife have endless rows over money.
British to stop having a friendly relationship with someone, because you have disagreed with them: · I think she's fallen out with her boyfriend.fall out with about/over: · Murray left the company after he fell out with the chairman over his salary.
if two people or groups are at each other's throats , they are always arguing in a very angry way because they cannot agree about something: · Congress and the President have been at each other's throats for so long that it's a wonder they can agree on anything.
if two groups of people clash , they argue publicly with each other about a particular subject -- used in news reports: clash with somebody: · Democrats clashed with Republicans last night in a heated debate about unemployment.clash over something: · France and Britain are likely to clash over the proposed space programme.
to make someone cry · David often teases his little sister and makes her cry.· She was so unhappy that the slightest thing made her cry.
to make someone cry by behaving unkindly or by making them feel sad: · He shouted at Louise and in the end reduced her to tears.· Sam was almost reduced to tears by the sight of his mother in a hospital bed.
to make someone start to cry, or nearly start to cry : · Just the thought of saying goodbye to Craig brought tears to her eyes.· Outside the sharpness of the cold made him cough and brought tears to his eyes.· This movie is guaranteed to bring a lump to your throat.
almost crying · The lesson was going very badly and the student teacher was close to tears.· Fiona was on the verge of tears as the train pulled out of the station.
to have a tight feeling in your throat and feel that you might start crying: · I had a lump in my throat watching Rick go up to get his prize.bring a lump to somebody's throat: · The sight of the soft green hills of her homeland brought a lump to her throat.
to try very hard not to cry even though you are almost crying: · Bill fought back his tears and tried to comfort Sarah's mother.· I quickly left the room, fighting back tears of rage and frustration.
to harm yourself by your own actions: only harm yourself · They'll only harm themselves if they decide to leave the association.· By making the complaint the only person he harmed was himself.
to behave in a way that is certain to cause you harm, especially because of pride or anger: · It would be silly to give up your job now -- you'd just be cutting your own throat.
to continuously behave in a stupid way that results in you being harmed: · My mother was her own worst enemy. She knew she was ill but she did nothing to help herself.· Many drivers are their own worst enemy -- driving too close, driving too fast, all the usual faults.
to stupidly do something that seriously harms you, especially by saying something stupid or making plans that go badly wrong: · Once again, the government has shot itself in the foot -- this time by reducing widows' pensions.
to deliberately not do something that would make an unpleasant situation better for you, because you are too angry or proud to do it: · If you love him, ask him to stay. Otherwise you'll be cutting off your nose to spite your face.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The singer complained of a sore throat after Wednesday’s show.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I had a sore throat and aching limbs.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The singer complained of a sore throat after Wednesday’s show. (=very strong competition)· The cutthroat competition in the airline industry kept prices low for many years.
· He developed a severe throat infection.
(=kill someone by cutting their throat)
I had a sore throat and aching limbs.· Severe sore throats persisting more than a day or two in a young child without signs of improvement.· Four months after the show opened in October 1995, she missed 10 performances because of a sore throat and cough.· If you have a sore throat, are you blocking communication?· GUHgl-MUHgl n. A folk remedy for sore throats and colds.· This remedy may come up after a Belladonna sore throat has gone down on the chest.· Performances had to be canceled when she had a sore throat.· Take as an example a simple sore throat.· He was 15 and had gone to the doctor with a sore throat.
· Black cap, white throat and grasshopper warbler had been sighted.· Male has largely uniform upperparts, yellow throat and blue-grey band through eye; female markedly spotted, with much whiter throat.· Winter adult and immature also have white cheeks and throat, immature's bill much less stout.· Plumage greyish-brown, becoming more rufous towards S of range; male with distinctive black-bordered white throat.· Slowly, with both hands, Lili picked it up and held it to her white throat.· Juvenile has buff underparts and white throat and eyestripe.
NOUN· There's always a goat; the one that's going to get its throat cut.· The hen was taken out of the cage, held up and its throat cut.· He'd been beaten and his throat cut.
· Last year in London's Kilburn National he gargled his way through an entire set with a bad throat infection.· Goizueta had been released from the hospital Sept. 22 but was re-admitted last week because of a bacterial throat infection.· This complete category of woe would suggest a bacterial throat infection needing antibiotics.· Indeed, he was a sickly child, succumbing with monotonous regularity to ear and throat infections.· Laura has a strain and Grant a throat infection.· Once in a while some one has such a severe throat infection that they form a large boil behind the tonsils.
VERB· Something was beginning to happen to her, an excitement, a wildness that caught her by the throat.· The bone continued to catch in his throat.· There was nothing caught in her throat, absolutely, guaranteed.· The big man turned and came fast towards Holly and caught his throat.· Startled, she jerked backwards, her breath catching in her throat.
· Fenn cleared his throat, wishing his head could be cleared as easily.· Edelstein cleared his throat and looked at Lleland.· At last, when there was a brief pause, Woodruffe cleared his throat.· His mustache twitched; he cleared his throat, but said nothing.· Mrs Browning put down her teacup and cleared her throat.· He coughed to clear his throat of the taste of the smoke.· Right at her ear, it seemed, a man cleared his throat.
· At times I felt like cutting my throat as the depression conjured up by the story spilled over into the auditorium.· The speedway turns are to compensate for his not decking the man on the spot and cutting his scrawny throat.· If he were in the very act of cutting his own throat, how could Harry have stopped him?· For to rob a person of her virtue is worse than cutting her throat.· And suppose he can obtain his desire, is that so bad as cutting her throat?· The dragonrider forgot himself enough to nod, and came within a quarter-inch of cutting his own throat.
· Before she could turn she felt something about her throat.· But I am not stupid, Flora thought, as she felt her throat constrict and blood thunder in her ears.· Jessamy could feel her throat going dry, and forced herself to swallow.· At times I felt like cutting my throat as the depression conjured up by the story spilled over into the auditorium.· Anne felt fingers in her throat, squeezing hard.· She could feel her throat drying a little from nerves.· Potter felt his throat run dry.· She felt for her throat and touched tender tissue.
· Torrents of lava would not tumble out to force fire down his throat, torch his tongue.· The agents poured pepper sauce down their nostrils, or forced water down their throats.· Was she trying to force that alien throat and ovipositor of a tongue to master human words?· The clearly necessary tax increases required to pay for unification are now being forced down very unprepared throats.
· She reached for the.38 jammed into her waistband, trying to pull it free as Stark grabbed for her throat.· He then grabs his throat with both hands, as if suddenly choking, closes his eyes and pretends to lose consciousness.· I wanted to grab people by the throat and confront them with this terrible situation that was being allowed to continue.· I wanted to leap across his desk and grab him by the throat.· I slide my knee to the side, grab his throat with my right hand, and squeeze.· He grabbed her by the throat and threatened to kick her.
· Alexandra took a step back, a lurch of fear jumping up her throat again.
· His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat.· Jess felt like ramming it down his throat.· I don't want it ramming down my throat.· They try to ram down the throat of the public what the public quite rightly does not want.· But when it was rammed down their throats it became a battle, and the manager lost.
· Surprised for the second time, Merrill nodded, swallowing the lump which had unexpectedly risen in her throat.· As soon as he felt the sun, the urge rose in his throat.· The thought sent a chill of anguish lapping round her heart, puncturing her anger, making tears rise in her throat.· A gurgle rose in his throat.· She felt a bubble of hysteria rising in her throat and took a deep breath.· I had a bit of a headache and from time to time felt nausea rising in my throat.· The boy swallowed the lump that had risen to his throat.· A sound, the barest whisper of something that might have been a moan, rose in her throat.
· But my brokers were complaining that I was shoving them down their throats.· They sit still as cameras are shoved down their throats.
· He had been a young man, quite personable until some one slashed his throat.
· At the start of every season, the club used to slaughter a sheep on the pitch by slitting its throat.· The international airline business is a fiercely combative arena, where competitors enjoy nothing more than slitting each other's throats.· He was standing at the window of an empty compartment, laughing, as he made the gesture of slitting his throat.· It even gets a touch gory when Russell comes over all Rambo and starts slitting throats.· Gregory, 20, denies murdering Marion Rilka, 51, by slitting her throat in a robbery attempt at her home.
· Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?· Now he toppled over backward with the weapon stuck upright in his throat.· Swallow, something sticking in my throat.· It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.· While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.· The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► have a frog in your throat
1- To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
- Fenn cleared his throat, wishing his head could be cleared as easily.
- He cleared his throat and laid his finger along his nose.
- He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk.
- Hearst interjected, clearing his throat loudly.
- She cleared her throat, and looked at the Lakshmi again.
- She taps on the desk with an inverted pencil and clears her throat.
- Then Bette flounced up and cleared her throat nervously.
- Threlfall cleared his throat loudly before turning.
- But my brokers were complaining that I was shoving them down their throats.
- His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat.
- Jess felt like ramming it down his throat.
- The agents poured pepper sauce down their nostrils, or forced water down their throats.
- Torrents of lava would not tumble out to force fire down his throat, torch his tongue.
- Congress and the President have been at each other's throats for so long that it's a wonder they can agree on anything.
- Lisa and Nicole were at each other's throats the whole trip.
- With a catch in his voice, Dan told her how proud he was.
- Fenn cleared his throat, wishing his head could be cleared as easily.
- He cleared his throat and laid his finger along his nose.
- He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk.
- Hearst interjected, clearing his throat loudly.
- She cleared her throat, and looked at the Lakshmi again.
- She taps on the desk with an inverted pencil and clears her throat.
- Then Bette flounced up and cleared her throat nervously.
- Threlfall cleared his throat loudly before turning.
- It would be silly to give up your job now -- you'd just be cutting your own throat.
- You would be cutting your own throat by refusing to accept their generous offer.
- To cut our own throats so thoroughly and so hopelessly would require colossal stupidity.
- I was just asking a question. You don't have to jump down my throat!
- Even the Station Commander had a lump in his throat.
- For a moment she said nothing, she just swallowed as if there were a lump in her throat.
- Kathleen swallowed a lump in her throat, Ben coughed discreetly and Jack busied himself at the X-ray box.
- Melanie felt a lump in her throat; it was a touching and whole-hearted welcome.
- That thought brought a lump to my throat, tears to my eyes.
- There was a lump in her throat as she gazed down on the gaunt features.
- When she finished Charlie found that he had a lump in his throat.
- His teeth were even and white, and Bernice wanted to ram them down his throat.
- Jess felt like ramming it down his throat.
- Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
- It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
- Now sheer monotony makes it stick in the gullet like sawdust.
- Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
- The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
- While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
- When the time came to say "I do," the words stuck in my throat.
- Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?
- It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.
- Swallow, something sticking in my throat.
- The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.
- While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
the passage from the back of your mouth to the top of the tubes that go down to your lungs and stomach: The singer complained of a sore throat after Wednesday’s show.2the front of your neck: She fingered the pearls at her throat.3clear your throat to make a noise in your throat, especially before you speak, or in order to get someone’s attention4force/ram/shove something down somebody’s throat informal to force someone to accept or listen to your ideas and opinions5be at each other’s throats if two people are at each other’s throats, they are fighting or arguing6cut your own throat to behave in a way that is certain to harm you, especially because you are proud or angry → a lump in/to somebody’s throat at lump1(4), → have a frog in your throat at frog(2), → jump down somebody’s throat at jump1(13), → stick in somebody’s throat at stick1(12)