deep-throated

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

deep-throated (comparative more deep-throated, superlative most deep-throated)

  1. (of a sound) Coming from deep in the throat.
  2. (of a sound, by extension) Loud and low.
  3. (of an object) Having a long, narrow, tapered end.
    • 1922, The World Book, volume 5, page 2871:
      This beautiful creature seems indeed to be a “winged jewel” as it hangs poised in midair before a deep-throated flower, and the next instant flashes out of sight

Verb[edit]

deep-throated

  1. simple past and past participle of deep-throat