Throat
The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
The inside of a timber knee.
The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
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Throat Quotations
I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
Maya Angelou
If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
Margaret Thatcher
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
Robert Frost
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Robert Frost
You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
Mike Tyson
I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
Alfred Hitchcock
I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be careful or I could end up with a bad neck in the morning. That pillow is a must everywhere I go.
Lee Trevino
You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.
Ann Landers
I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know that each conversation with a psychiatrist, every morning at the time of his visit, made me want to hang myself, realizing that I would not be able to cut his throat.
Antonin Artaud
The worst moment was when I was performing and I was about to sing, but I choked. I had a tickle in my throat and I started coughing, and I couldn't get the words out. It lasted for like thirty seconds, but I got over it, and luckily the crowd didn't seem to care.
Chris Brown
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food or his poison, his exercise or his destruction.
John Owen
Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.
Arthur Miller
What's the best angle to cut someone's throat? Well, usually from behind. That's usually how it works.
Nikki Sixx
How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?
Joseph Conrad
Perfect Night has that magic and it has the raw energy that grabs you by the throat.
Lou Reed
Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
Casey Stengel
I said 'well, I'll kiss her twice, you see? We'll come around, I'll kiss her, and if you put a little more track down for the camera, then I'll put my tongue down her throat and you'll get what you want'. He said 'You think so?'
Rod Steiger
When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it.
John Lee Hooker
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
Katherine Whitehorn
There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it!
Cliff Richard
We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have to deal with children's problems, you know, and our own problems. But some days it's fine, and then some days we just are at each other's throat.
Ringo Starr
Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
Tara Strong
The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.
Bob Woodward
Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
Bob Woodward
Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
Bob Woodward
Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.
Bob Woodward
President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.
Kevin Costner
Guys who are unavailable are actually a dream come true for me because I'm unavailable all the time. It's great they're not down your throat.
Leighton Meester
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.
Alan Ladd
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Throat Translations
throat in Afrikaans is keel
throat in Danish is strube
throat in Dutch is strot, keelgat, keel
throat in French is gorge
throat in German is Gurgel, Kehle, Rachen
throat in Hungarian is torok
throat in Latin is gutter
throat in Norwegian is strupe
throat in Portuguese is garganta
throat in Spanish is garganta
throat in Swedish is strupe, hals, svalg
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