Gullet

  • 101gorge — [[t]gɔrdʒ[/t]] n. v. gorged, gorg•ing 1) geo a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, esp. one through which a stream runs 2) geo a small canyon 3) a gluttonous meal 4) something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach 5) an obstructing mass:… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 102καταπόθρας — καταπόθρᾱς , καταπόθρα gullet fem acc pl καταπόθρᾱς , καταπόθρα gullet fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 103gēu-, gǝu-, gū- (*sgēu-) —     gēu , gǝu , gū (*sgēu )     English meaning: to bend, curl; a kind of vessel     Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen, krũmmen, wolben”     Note: Root gēu , gǝu , gū : to bend, curl; a kind of vessel probably derived from Root (s)keu 2, (s)keu̯ǝ :… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 104reu-b- and reu-g- —     reu b and reu g     English meaning: to vomit, retch     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘sich erbrechen, rũlpsen, hervorbrechen”, also “Wolke, Rauch”?     Material: 1. reub : O.Ice. rjūpa f. ‘schneehuhn”, Nor. rjupa, rype (compare Ltv. rubenis… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 105(s)lr̥g- and sler- —     (s)lr̥g and sler     English meaning: expr. root, onomatopoeic words     Deutsche Übersetzung: Schallwurzel     Material: Gk. λάρυγξ, υγγος m. “gullet” (perhaps after φάρυγξ reshaped); Lat. lurco(r), üre, ürī ‘schlemmen, devour “, if auf… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 106glutton — [13] Indo European *gel produced a wide range of descendants in the general semantic area ‘swallow’, among them Latin gula ‘throat’ and its offspring French gueule ‘mouth’ and English gullet; German kehle ‘throat’; and Latin gluttīre ‘swallow’,… …

    Word origins

  • 107gorge — [gôrj] n. [ME < OFr, throat, gullet < LL * gurga, throat, narrow pass, for L gurges, whirlpool < IE base * gwer , to swallow up > L vorare] 1. the throat or gullet 2. the crop or stomach of a hawk 3. a) the maw or stomach of a… …

    English World dictionary

  • 108swallow — swallow1 [swä′lō] n. [ME swalwe < OE swealwe, akin to Ger schwalbe, ON svala, swallow, & prob. Russ solovyej, Czech slavík, nightingale] 1. any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift flying, insect eating passerine birds with long, pointed …

    English World dictionary

  • 109stroop —  1) the gullet. Norf.  2) to bawl out, or cry aloud ; from STROOP, the gullet …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

  • 110stomach — n. & v. n. 1 a the internal organ in which the first part of digestion occurs, being in man a pear shaped enlargement of the alimentary canal linking the oesophagus to the small intestine. b any of several such organs in animals, esp. ruminants,… …

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