throatˈiness noun

throatˈy adjective (throatˈier; throatˈiest)

1. Sounding as from the throat, guttural
2. Hoarse
3. Croaking
4. Deep or full-throated
5. Having a rather sore throat (informal)
6. Full or loose-skinned about the throat
7. Potent in swallowing

throatˈband, throatˈ-strap, throatˈ-lash or throatˈ-latch noun

A band about the throat, eg holding a horse's bridle in place

throatˈ-full adjective

Full to the throat

throat microphone noun

One held directly against the speaker's throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx

throatˈwort noun

1. The nettle-leaved bellflower (Campanula trachelium) once reputed good for throat ailments
2. The giant bellflower (C. latifolium)

be at someone's throat or at each other's throats (informal)

To be engaged in a fierce, bitter argument with someone or with each other

cut one's (own) throat

1. To commit suicide by cutting (usu) the jugular vein
2. To pursue some course ruinous to one's interests

give someone the lie in his or her throat

To accuse someone to his or her face of uttering a lie

have by the throat

To have at one's mercy

jump down someone's throat see under jump¹

sore throat

An inflamed and painful condition of the tonsils and neighbouring parts

stick in one's throat

To be more than one can bear, accept or manage

thrust (or ram) down someone's throat

To force (eg one's own opinion) upon someone insistently