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gullet

noun

Definition of gullet

as in mouth

the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach food traveling down the gullet

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Recent Examples of gullet He’s gone from champagne to something like vinegar forced down his gullet. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2025 Cut away lungs, reaching up into the neck as far as possible to sever gullet and windpipe. — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025 The coverage of him has often been over the top and forced down the gullets of sports fans. — Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 In one example, an individual bird was decapitated and had a corncob placed in its gullet. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gullet

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Speaking of the valve, drinking out of this with the valve in place does take a little extra effort, but this bottle can grow with your kids too; when the time comes, simply replace the sippy lid with one of Nalgene’s wide-mouth caps.

— Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Sep. 2026
Each summer, thousands of beluga whales migrate to the mouth of the Churchill River, to feed on small fish and nurse their young.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026

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