jugular
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin jugulāris, from Latin iugulum (“neck, throat”), from iugum (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
jugular (not comparable)
- Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
- (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
- (humorous) Relating to juggling.
Translations [edit]
relating to the neck or throat
Noun [edit]
jugular (plural jugulars)
- Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.
- By extension, any critical vulnerability.
- It was vicious; he went for the jugular.
Usage notes [edit]
The plural form jugulars is almost never used.
Quotations [edit]
- One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular [...]. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 83)
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
vein through the neck — see jugular vein
critical vulnerability
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