deep-throated
Appearance
See also: deepthroated
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deep-throated (comparative more deep-throated, superlative most deep-throated)
- (of a sound) Coming from deep in the throat.
- (of a sound, by extension) Loud and low.
- 1954 July, C. R. L. Coles, “Memories of the Great Central”, in Railway Magazine, page 464:
- Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.
- (of an object) Having a long, narrow, tapered end.
- 1922, The World Book, volume 5, page 2871:
- This beautiful creature seems indeed to be a “winged jewel” as it hangs poised in midair before a deep-throated flower, and the next instant flashes out of sight
Verb
[edit]deep-throated
- simple past and past participle of deep-throat