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gullet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡʌl.ɪt/ (UK, US)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɡʌl.ət/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

Meanings

  1. The throat or esophagus.
    • Turning a national tragedy into something a person can pay $12 to watch while shoveling popcorn down their gullet struck detractors as perverse, though critics spilled a goodly amount of e-ink debating the actual merits of the work itself. 2020 May 26, Charles Bramesco, “Corona-sploitation: is it too soon for Hollywood to make Covid-19 movies?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
  2. The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
  3. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
  4. A channel for water.
  5. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
  6. The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gullets Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

gulleting · stick in someone's gullet · gullet sweetbread

Relateds

craw · windpipe · esophagus · gully · crop · throat · trachea

Synonyms

gorge (throat or esophagus) · cytopharynx (cytopharynx)

Translations (90)

sh гр̀кљан (the throat or esophagus) · hu nyelőcső (the throat or esophagus) · nl slokdarm (the throat or esophagus) · ota بوغاز (the throat or esophagus) · hi घेघा (the throat or esophagus) · es tragaderas (the throat or esophagus) · sl požiralnik (the throat or esophagus) · ko 식관 (the throat or esophagus) · tr ümük (the throat or esophagus) · de Speiseröhre (the throat or esophagus) · cs jícen (the throat or esophagus) · ba үңәс (the throat or esophagus) · az qida borusu (the throat or esophagus) · ru пищево́д (the throat or esophagus) · la guttur (the throat or esophagus) · mi pūkai (the throat or esophagus) · da spiserør (the throat or esophagus) · sl goltanec (the throat or esophagus) · lv barības vads (the throat or esophagus) · srn gorogoro (the throat or esophagus) · gd slugan (the throat or esophagus) · sv matstrupe (the throat or esophagus) · es esófago (the throat or esophagus) · nb spiserør (the throat or esophagus) · sh jȇdnjāk (the throat or esophagus) · he וֵשֶׁט (the throat or esophagus) · gl esófago (the throat or esophagus) · is vélinda (the throat or esophagus) · cmn 食管 (the throat or esophagus) · it esofago (the throat or esophagus) · af slukderm (the throat or esophagus) · sh gr̀kljan (the throat or esophagus) · hu garat (the throat or esophagus) · hy կերակրափող (the throat or esophagus) · ca esòfag (the throat or esophagus) · uz qiziloʻngach (the throat or esophagus) · ko 식도 (the throat or esophagus) · mn багалзуур (the throat or esophagus) · bn ওলকম (the throat or esophagus) · gl gorxa (the throat or esophagus) · et söögitoru (the throat or esophagus) · grc οἰσοφάγος (the throat or esophagus) · lt stemplė (the throat or esophagus) · ky кызыл өңгөч (the throat or esophagus) · ro esofag (the throat or esophagus) · nv azágí (the throat or esophagus) · fr gosier (the throat or esophagus) · pl przełyk (the throat or esophagus) · el οισοφάγος (the throat or esophagus) · ccp 𑄚𑄧𑄢𑄧𑄣𑄩 (the throat or esophagus) · hi ग्रासनली (the throat or esophagus) · fi ruokatorvi (the throat or esophagus) · gl gargueiro (the throat or esophagus) · gd sgòrnan (the throat or esophagus) · be страваво́д (the throat or esophagus) · pt goela (the throat or esophagus) · sq ezofag (the throat or esophagus) · la gurgulio (the throat or esophagus) · tg сурхрӯда (the throat or esophagus) · fa مری (the throat or esophagus) · vi thực quản (the throat or esophagus) · kk өзек (the throat or esophagus) · uga 𐎎𐎅𐎎𐎗𐎚 (the throat or esophagus) · ko 밥길 (the throat or esophagus) · fy weaze (the throat or esophagus) · es gaznate (the throat or esophagus) · ga slogán (the throat or esophagus) · la oesophagus (the throat or esophagus) · fi nielu (the throat or esophagus) · sq fyt (the throat or esophagus) · eo ezofago (the throat or esophagus) · la gula (the throat or esophagus) · sk pažerák (the throat or esophagus) · ja 食道 (the throat or esophagus) · sh је̑дња̄к (the throat or esophagus) · ka საყლაპავი მილი (the throat or esophagus) · ug قىزىلئۆڭگەچ (the throat or esophagus) · ky өңгөч (the throat or esophagus) · ar مَرِيء (the throat or esophagus) · cmn 食道 (the throat or esophagus) · uk стравохі́д (the throat or esophagus) · tt үңәч (the throat or esophagus) · kk өңеш (the throat or esophagus) · mk гр́ло (the throat or esophagus) · fr œsophage (the throat or esophagus) · tpi mambu bilong nek (the throat or esophagus) · mk хранопро́вод (the throat or esophagus) · bg хранопрово́д (the throat or esophagus) · fi kurkku (the throat or esophagus) · mn хоолой (the throat or esophagus)

gullet en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡʌl.ɪt/ (UK, US)
  • (Australia) audio
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɡʌl.ət/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

Meanings

  1. To make grooves or indentations.
    • The better way is to gullet or "gum" out the teeth on a grinder. Thin, rubber bonded wheels known as Elastic wheels may be obtained in any desired thickness, and it is reasonably easy to get a wheel to suit the size of teeth to be gulleted. 1925, Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan: Volume 29, page 234:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gulleted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gulleted Tense=Past lexicographic
gulleting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gullets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic