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deep-throated

deep-throated adjective: coming from deep in the throat. Also the simple past and past participle of deep-throat.

Adjective

deep-throated (comparative more deep-throated, superlative most deep-throated)

  1. Coming from deep in the throat.
  2. (broadly) Loud and low.
    • Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.1954 July, C. R. L. Coles, “Memories of the Great Central”, in Railway Magazine, page 464
  3. Having a long, narrow, tapered end.
    • This beautiful creature seems indeed to be a “winged jewel” as it hangs poised in midair before a deep-throated flower, and the next instant flashes out of sight1922, The World Book, volume 5, page 2871

Also used as

deep-throated is also the simple past and past participle of deep-throat.

Forms of deep-throated

comparativemore deep-throated
superlativemost deep-throated

Questions about deep-throated

What does deep-throated mean?
Deep-throated means coming from deep in the throat.
What part of speech is deep-throated?
Deep-throated is an adjective.

Words near deep-throated in the dictionary

  1. deep-sky
  2. deep-space
  3. deep-submergence vehicle
  4. deep-submergence vehicles
  5. deep-throat
  6. deep-throated
  7. deep-throater
  8. deep-throaters
  9. deep-throating
  10. deep-throats
  11. deep-vein thrombosis

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