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throat-deep

throat-deep adjective: of a rich, resonant vocal tone produced low in the pharynx or chest; typically of a deep vocal fry or a booming, bass-heavy speaking voice originating below the larynx rather than from the nose or mouth.

Adjective

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

  1. Of a rich, resonant vocal tone produced low in the pharynx or chest; typically of a deep vocal fry or a booming, bass-heavy speaking voice originating below the larynx rather than from the nose or mouth.
    • I see that you are a man of the book, that volume of which Mother in her grace turns over a fresh page each spring. Though your skin is as pale as the flesh of my palm, though you have but one wife, though you speak throat-deep and strangely, yet you and I are more alike than different.1961, Allen Kim Lang, Blind Man's Lantern
    • It was a thrill that curled through his body, responding both to his heightened erotic senses and to his emotional exultation, driving his thrust deeper into her willingness, and wresting from her throat deep animal sounds that rose steadily in pitch, building, giving, taking, rejoicing...1966, Ted White, chapter 9, in The Sorcerress of Qar, page 59

Forms of throat-deep

comparativemore throat-deep
superlativemost throat-deep

Questions about throat-deep

What does throat-deep mean?
Throat-deep means of a rich, resonant vocal tone produced low in the pharynx or chest; typically of a deep vocal fry or a booming, bass-heavy speaking voice originating below the larynx rather than from the nose or mouth.
What part of speech is throat-deep?
Throat-deep is an adjective.

Words near throat-deep in the dictionary

  1. throat-boll
  2. throat-bolls
  3. throat-bolt
  4. throat-bolts
  5. throat-clearing
  6. throat-deep
  7. throat-strap
  8. throat-straps
  9. throatache
  10. throataches
  11. throatal

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