gullet

noun, verb — 7 senses

gullet

noun

UK, US /ˈɡʌl.ɪt/

Etymology From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

1

The throat or esophagus.

  • Turning a national tragedy into something a person can pay $12 to watch while shoveling popcorn down their gullet struck detractors as perverse, though critics spilled a goodly amount of e-ink debating the actual merits of the work itself.2020 May 26, Charles Bramesco, “Corona-sploitation: is it too soon for Hollywood to make Covid-19 movies?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2

Biology, Cytology, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.

3

The space between the teeth of a saw blade.

4

A channel for water.

5

A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.

6

The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.

Synonyms
gorge, cytopharynx
Derived terms
gulleting, gullet sweetbread, stick in someone's gullet
Related terms
gully, craw, crop, esophagus, throat, trachea, windpipe

gullet

verb

Etymology From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

1

To make grooves or indentations.

  • The better way is to gullet or "gum" out the teeth on a grinder. Thin, rubber bonded wheels known as Elastic wheels may be obtained in any desired thickness, and it is reasonably easy to get a wheel to suit the size of teeth to be gulleted.1925, Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan: Volume 29, page 234:

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