a lump in one's throat
Definition of a lump in one's throat
: a tight feeling in the throat that a person gets when about to start crying or when trying not to cry The movie's final scene left me with a lump in my throat.
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lumpplay
: a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape
: aggregate, totality
: majority
: to group indiscriminately
: to make into lumps
: to make lumps on or in
: not divided into parts : entire
: to put up with
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throatplay
: the part of the neck in front of the spinal column
: the passage through the neck to the stomach and lungs
: voice
: to utter in the throat : mutter
: to sing or enunciate in a throaty voice
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