Thesaurus results for GULLET

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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Noun

That, combined with a 3-14 finish, left a sour taste in right tackle Armand Membou‘s mouth.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a tanker’s master witnessed an explosion in close proximity to the vessel near Khasab, Oman, at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz, late Sunday.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of mouth

Noun

That gives scientists a rare and fleeting insight into the connection that exists between matter falling to the maw of a black hole and the material being blasted out at near light-speed as jets of plasma.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
At Brooks Falls, visitors watch from elevated platforms as the bruins barrel through the shallows in pursuit of silvery fish or stake out prime positions on the lip of the falls, waiting for salmon to vault from the water into their gaping maws.

— Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of maw

Noun

The first story was set in the 1980s while the second volume, recently wrapped, was set in the 1990s, at the dawn of the Internet age and culminated with a shocking finale that left readers’ jaws on the forest floor.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026
This cinches everything into place, while also tightening down the jaws of the hasps so they can't be opened until the Cordalock is unlocked.

— Ben Coxworth July 18, New Atlas, 18 July 2026

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