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thrapple.

The throat, especially the gullet or windpipe.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈθɹæp(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɹɒ-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɹæp(ə)l/General-American/ˈθɹæp(ə)l/Scotland
  1. The throat, especially the gullet or windpipe.

    Northern-England · Northern-Ireland · Scotland
Where this word comes from

The noun is derived from Late Middle English thropul, þropul (“trachea, windpipe”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly a variant of throte-bolle (“laryngeal prominence, Adam’s apple; larynx; epiglottis; animal’s esophagus or neck; flesh covering throat of a deer”) [and other forms] (whence English throat-boll (obsolete)), from Old English þrotbolla [and other forms], from þrote (“throat”) + bolla (“bowl”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow; to swell up”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

verb/ˈθɹæp(ə)l/Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɹɒ-/Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɹæp(ə)l/General-American/ˈθɹæp(ə)l/Scotland
  1. To strangle, to throttle.

    Northern-England · Northern-Ireland · Scotland · dated · transitive
Where this word comes from

The noun is derived from Late Middle English thropul, þropul (“trachea, windpipe”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly a variant of throte-bolle (“laryngeal prominence, Adam’s apple; larynx; epiglottis; animal’s esophagus or neck; flesh covering throat of a deer”) [and other forms] (whence English throat-boll (obsolete)), from Old English þrotbolla [and other forms], from þrote (“throat”) + bolla (“bowl”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow; to swell up”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

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