Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cry as a buck in rutting-time.
- noun The cry of a buck in rutting-time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To cry, as a buck in rutting time.
- noun The cry of a buck in rutting time.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The cry of a
deer . - verb To make the
cry of a deer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time
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Examples
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It is a shame that after Obama has made history, folks like Lanny can't even give him time to enjoy the moment before trying to push Hilary down his troat.
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July 25, 2008 at 2:08 am yeh, wuz it a bold in yer face flavr, or a sneaky when you least expect it eroding yer troat pepper kinda flavr?
ur ninja posed no challenge - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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April 3, 2008 at 2:45 pm nawt a gud ting…..ai called dr. tiny cat and seh said do NOT pull. taik teh cotton ball, cut it in 4ths. one of teh 4th gets all mushed up wit petrololem jelly and push down teh troat. next poop, der cums teh string, rubbr band or teh shoelaic
no rush, just FYI… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Hugh; by gar, it is a shallenge: I will cut his troat in dee park; and I will teach a scurvy jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
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When ah yerry dem blow Sunday ah wish dah bugle kin go down na dem troat or dem kin blow them head-bone inside.
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“Hear Devil Hoppo have Co-hong by troat,” Struan said.
Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966
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You want yor godrotting troat cut from godrotting ear to ear?
Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966
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I do nod know _any_ nah-ice gondolier -- zey are oal -- I dell you, if you lif viz zem ade mons as me, you cot your troat -- yes!
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 Various
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My plood vas chilling now so I ain't aple to svallow in my troat alretty.
Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Edward C. Taylor
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You jacknape, give-a dis letter to Sir Hugh; by gar, it is a challenge: I vill cut his troat in de Park; and I vill teach a scurvy jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.
missanthropist commented on the word troat
The rutting call of bucks, to cry out in this manner.
May 17, 2008