gullets

plural of gullet
as in mouths
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 gullets This mix is a scrumptious way to get vegetables happily down the kid’s gullets. Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
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Noun
  • Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ongoing satirical series at first appalled many viewers with its resolute political incorrectness and penchant for four-letter words from the mouths of babes, and that was nowhere more evident than in Cartman himself.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Young children explore the world by touching, tasting and putting things in their mouths.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Their lips, jaws, and the interior of their maws are—in terms of rigidity—akin to a ceramic dinner plate.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
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  • The whole thing is a mess—and frankly an example of OpenAI managing to steal a public relations defeat from the jaws of victory.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Unlike the sea otters in California’s coastal waters, which can weigh up to 70 pounds, river otters tip the scales at a maximum of about 25 pounds, but have very strong jaws and claws, Isadore said.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Gullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullets. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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