throat
UK /ˈθɹəʊt/US /ˈθɹoʊt/
noun10
verb3
forms
throated · throating · throats
Phrases with throat
- bone in the throatA source of continuing annoyance; a hindrance.
- bring a lump to someone's throatTo engender a strong emotional reaction.
- frog in one's throatHoarseness or the need to cough.
- go for the throatTo exert an unrestrained, aggressive effort, especially by assailing an opponent's or victim's area of greatest vulnerability.
- jump down someone's throatTo criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.
- lie in one's throatTo lie (tell a falsehood) flatly or outright.
- lump in one's throatStrong emotion, either happy or sad, causing someone to be on the verge of crying; a sensation of tightness in the throat associated herewith.
- ram something down someone's throatTo shove something down someone's throat.
- shove something down someone's throatTo aggressively and persistently force an opinion, belief or idea upon a person (especially if they lack interest or have an opposing viewpoint).
- slit someone's throatTo slash someone in front of the neck.
- throat-clearingA forcible, sometimes muted, expulsion of air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorous than a cough.