Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The esophagus.
- noun The throat.
- noun Zoology An invagination into the cytoplasm of certain ciliates, used for food intake.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cut or make gullets in: as, to
gullet a saw. - noun The passage in the neck of an animal by which food and drink pass from the mouth to the stomach; the throat; technically, in anatomy, the esophagus.
- noun Something resembling the throat in shape, position, or functions.
- noun A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width to admit of the passage of wagons.
- noun A peculiar concave cut in the teeth of some saw-blades. See
gullet-saw . - noun A gore, as in a skirt.
- noun Part of a hood or cowl.
- noun A piece of armor for the throat or upper part of the body.
- noun The lower end of a horse-collar about which pass the choke-strap and breast-strap.
- noun The arch of a bridge.
- noun A parcel or lot.
- noun A fish, the pike.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
- noun Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions.
- noun A channel for water.
- noun (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
- noun A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
throat oresophagus . - noun cytology The
cytopharynx of aciliate , through which food isingested . - noun The space between the
teeth of asaw blade . - noun A
channel forwater . - noun A
preparatory cut orchannel inexcavations , of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_Impaction of foreign bodies_; _Compression of the gullet from without_; _Spasm of the muscular coat_; _Cardiospasm_; _Paralysis of the gullet_; _Diverticula_ or _pouches of the gullet_;
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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_Innocent stricture_; _Malignant stricture, including cancer at the junction of pharynx and gullet and cancer at the lower end of the gullet_.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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When the food has been thoroughly moistened and crushed in the mouth and rolled into a lump, or bolus, at the back of the tongue, it is started down the elevator shaft which we call the gullet, or esophagus.
A Handbook of Health Woods Hutchinson 1896
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The best way of getting pulses down my gullet is with dhal, in which split peas are completely melted, boiled with curry powder, garlic, chili, and then topped off with cumin seeds and garlic fried to a crisp which both add that magical aroma.
Pinto beans, three ways | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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They use the feathers to line their crops, thus preventing irritaion of the gullet from the German tourist bones.
the legend of Stamp’s Landing, with bonus legend decoder « raincoaster 2007
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What sticks in the gullet is that we get the blame when they havn’t got the balls to run with a job at court. on July 22, 2009 at 9: 17 pm Wig and Gown
The Reality Behind The Crime Figues « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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If women are targets or "pie" or "gullet" -- this writer is a wad of wankery, tacky ejaculate, unwittingly revealing what makes him screech and wee wee.
Carol Muske-Dukes: The Rules According to a Fraternity "Cocksman" Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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If women are targets or "pie" or "gullet" -- this writer is a wad of wankery, tacky ejaculate, unwittingly revealing what makes him screech and wee wee.
Carol Muske-Dukes: The Rules According to a Fraternity "Cocksman" Carol Muske-Dukes 2011
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To have this quasi-feudal law in the 21 century is an outrage, but what sticks in the gullet is the contempt the sneering Beeboids have for us while they take our money. stanley Jerusalem
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Paralysis of the muscular fibres of the gullet is a very common cause of choking in swine.
The Veterinarian Charles James Korinek
brtom commented on the word gullet
About us gobblers fork spiced beans down their gullets.
Joyce, Ulysses, 3
December 30, 2006