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throatful

throatful

8.0
A large mouthful of liquid you can swallow in one gulp
  • noun
translation icon : tragos
  • Swann takes a throatful of brandy.

Examples

  • He drank a throatful of water after running the marathon.

  • She managed to swallow a throatful of medicine quickly.

  • The child took a throatful of juice before returning to play.

Synonyms

mouthful
vsthroatful
59 1.6

An amount of food or drink you can put in your mouth at once

refers to the larger throat volume that can be gulped in one go
swallow
vsthroatful
20 1.0

A small amount of food or drink taken into the throat at once

emphasizes the volume that fills the throat rather than the action

How Much

swig
  • Informal
23 6.5
throatful
8.0
draft
  • US
12 5.3
mouthful
59 1.6
sip
165 1.0

Surface Forms

throatful singular
throatfuls plural

Morphology

throatful = throat (transparent) = throat + ful

Formed by the productive suffix '-ful' attached to 'throat' to indicate an amount that fills the throat; meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Throatful is built from throat and the ending -ful, which means 'full of'. Think of it like mouthful: a throatful is the amount that fills your throat and can be swallowed in one gulp.