throating
throating is the present participle and gerund of throat.
Meaning of throat
Verb
throat (third-person singular simple present throats, present participle throating, simple past and past participle throated)
- To utter in or with the throat.
- He beat about and pecked the net until his mate was liberated, and, throating a song of gratitude, the bird he freed flew to the sky.1911, Paul Wilstach, Thais, "the Story of a Sinner who Became a Saint and a Saint who Sinned": A Play in Four Acts, page 17
- To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)
- The Roman began to throat his rigid flagpole of a mancock, making groaning noises.1995, Kyle Stone, Hot bauds: a selection of steamy BBS writings, Badboy
- To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.
Noun
throating (plural throatings)
Forms of throating
| plural | throatings |
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Origin of throating
From throat + -ing.
Phrases with throating
Questions about throating
- What does throating mean?
- Throating means a drip or dripstone.
- What is throating the present participle and gerund of?
- Throating is the present participle and gerund of throat.
- What part of speech is throating?
- Throating is a noun.
- What is the plural of throating?
- The plural of throating is throatings.
Words near throating in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: throating (page history and authors); throat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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