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6 PHRASE If something sticks in your throat , you find it unacceptable. □  What sticks in my throat is that I wasn't able to win the trophy.

7a lump in your throat → see lump

throaty /θroʊ ti/ ADJ A throaty voice or laugh is low and rather rough.

throb /θrɒ b/ (throbs , throbbing , throbbed )

1 VERB If part of your body throbs , you feel a series of strong and usually painful beats there. □ [V ] His head throbbed. ● N‑SING Throb is also a noun. □  The bruise on his stomach ached with a steady throb.

2 VERB If something throbs , it vibrates and makes a steady noise. [LITERARY ] □ [V ] The engines throbbed. ● N‑SING Throb is also a noun. □ [+ of ] Jake's head jerked up at the throb of the engine.

throes /θroʊ z/

1 N‑PLURAL If someone is experiencing something very unpleasant or emotionally painful, you can say that they are in the throes of it, especially when it is in its final stages. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] …when the country was going through the final throes of civil war.

2 PHRASE If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] The country is in the throes of a general election.

3 → see also death throes

throm|bo|sis /θrɒmboʊ s I s/ (thromboses /θrɒmboʊ siːz/)

1 N‑VAR Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in a person's heart or in one of their blood vessels, which can cause death. [MEDICAL ]

2 → see also coronary thrombosis , deep vein thrombosis

throne /θroʊ n/ (thrones )

1 N‑COUNT A throne is a decorative chair used by a king, queen, or emperor on important official occasions.

2 N‑SING You can talk about the throne as a way of referring to the position of being king, queen, or emperor. □  When Queen Victoria was on the throne, the horse was the main form of transport.

throng /θrɒ ŋ, [AM ] θrɔː ŋ/ (throngs , thronging , thronged )

1 N‑COUNT A throng is a large crowd of people. [LITERARY ] □  An official pushed through the throng.

2 VERB When people throng somewhere, they go there in great numbers. [LITERARY ] □ [V + to/into/around ] The crowds thronged into the mall.

3 VERB If people throng a place, they are present there in great numbers. □ [V n] They throng the beaches between late June and early August. ●  thronged ADJ [v-link ADJ with n] □ [+ with ] The streets are thronged with people.

throt|tle /θrɒ t ^ə l/ (throttles , throttling , throttled )

1 VERB To throttle someone means to kill or injure them by squeezing their throat or tightening something around it and preventing them from breathing. □ [V n] The attacker then tried to throttle her with wire.

2 VERB If you say that something or someone is throttling a process, institution, or group, you mean that they are restricting it severely or destroying it. □ [V n] He said the over-valuation of sterling was throttling industry.

3 N‑COUNT The throttle of a motor vehicle or aircraft is the device, lever, or pedal that controls the quantity of fuel entering the engine and is used to control the vehicle's speed. □  He gently opened the throttle, and the ship began to ease forward.

4 N‑UNCOUNT Throttle is the power that is obtained by using a throttle. □  …motor bikes revving at full throttle.

5 PHRASE If you say that something is done at full throttle , you mean that it is done with great speed and enthusiasm. □  He lived his life at full throttle.