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[ gawnt -lit, gahnt - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈgɔnt lɪt, ˈgɑnt- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
a glove with an extended cuff for the wrist.
the cuff itself.
Idioms for gauntlettake up the gauntlet , to accept a challenge to fight: He was always willing to take up the gauntlet for a good cause. to show one's defiance. Also take up the glove . throw down the gauntlet , to challenge. to defy. Also throw down the glove . Origin of gauntlet 1 1375–1425; late Middle English gantelet <Middle French, diminutive of gant glove <Germanic *want-; compare Old Norse vǫttr
OTHER WORDS FROM gauntlet gaunt·let·ed, adjective un·gaunt·let·ed, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH gauntlet gambit, gamut, gantlet, gauntlet Words nearby gauntlet Gaultier, gaum, gaumless, gaun, gaunt, gauntlet , gauntlet bandage, gauntry, gaup, gaur, Gause's law
Definition for gauntlet (2 of 2) [ gawnt -lit, gahnt - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈgɔnt lɪt, ˈgɑnt- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Also gantlet (for defs. 1, 2, 4) . a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
the two rows of men administering this punishment.
an attack from two or all sides.
trying conditions; an ordeal.
gantlet1 (def. 1).
Origin of gauntlet 2 First recorded in 1670–80; alteration of gantlope
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Example sentences from the Web for gauntlet Both cases, you’ve got to run through this gauntlet of regulations.
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“The politics of the situation here is that this is Paytm throwing down the gauntlet to Google,” Medianama notes.
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Which means SaaS and cloud companies have made it through a somewhat steep gauntlet largely unscathed.
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Two teams are competing for the chance to go through that gauntlet to get the deal.
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If I’m going, it’s not to say, “Look, we’re throwing down the gauntlet , and this is now a purely adversarial relationship.”
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He may have reservations about going through that [gauntlet ] drill again.
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Students who survive the gauntlet and make it into college face a whole new set of challenges.
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Tensions escalated when Fieri decided to throw down a gauntlet of his own on the Today show on Thursday morning.
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A middle-class woman to boot, she ran the gauntlet of upper-class men marinated in sexism and class prejudice.
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With those seven simple words, once politically fatal for a Republican leader to utter, the gauntlet was thrown.
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Here again the gauntlet is thrown at the door of the church and the challenge is to her manhood from the manhood of tomorrow.
The Minister and the Boy | Allan Hoben
You are sentenced by a military commission, before which your documents have been examined, to run the gauntlet .
The Hour and the Man | Harriet Martineau
Sir Eric Geddes' scheme has yet to run the gauntlet of Parliamentary criticism.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 7th, 1920 | Various
It was the gauntlet of war thrown down to it by Austria, and the poor Assembly had no other choice but to take it up.
Revolution and Counter-Revolution | Karl Marx
Then she deftly slipped a small hood over the bird's head, and holding it out on her gauntlet , stooped and picked up the hare.
The King in Yellow | Robert W. Chambers
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British Dictionary definitions for gauntlet (1 of 2) noun a medieval armoured leather glove
a heavy glove with a long cuff
take up the gauntlet to accept a challenge
throw down the gauntlet to offer a challenge
Word Origin for gauntlet C15: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant glove, of Germanic origin
British Dictionary definitions for gauntlet (2 of 2) noun a punishment in which the victim is forced to run between two rows of men who strike at him as he passes: formerly a military punishment
run the gauntlet to suffer this punishment to endure an onslaught or ordeal, as of criticism a testing ordeal; trial
a variant spelling of gantlet 1 (def. 1)
Word Origin for gauntlet C15: changed (through influence of gauntlet 1 ) from earlier gantlope; see gantlet 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with gauntlet see run the gauntlet; throw down the gauntlet.
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Words related to gauntlet armor, challenge, glove, trial, test, onslaught