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throat

/ˈθɹoʊt/ verb C2
  1. To utter in or with the throat. · to throat threats
  2. To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.) (informal)

He/she/it throats · Past throated · Past participle throated · -ing form throating

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Verb forms

Base form
throat
He/she/it
throats
Past
throated
Past participle
throated
-ing form
throating

From the library

Now a snake, especially a wary old python like Kaa, very seldom shows that he is angry, but Baloo and Bagheera could see the big swallowing muscles on either side of Kaa’s throat ripple and bulge.
The Jungle Book, p. 44 · B2
“It--it is the Bandar-log that we follow now,” said Baloo, but the words stuck in his throat, for that was the first time in his memory that one of the Jungle-People had owned to being interested in the doings of the monkeys.
The Jungle Book, p. 44 · B2
A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 2 · B2
He requested that the Wolf pull it out, lest when he ate him it should injure his throat.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 75 · B2

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