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jugular - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Adjective

jugular (not comparable)

  • (anatomy, relational) Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
    • (relational) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
  • (zootomy, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
  • (humorous, relational) Relating to juggling.

Noun

jugular (plural jugulars) (rarely in the plural)

  • (anatomy) Ellipsis of jugular vein.
  • (by extension) Any critical vulnerability.
    • ✤ It was vicious; he went for the jugular.
    • ✤ One of Lionel’s old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular […].1

Etymology

Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) +‎ -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.ɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒu.ɡjəl.ɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.əl.ɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.lɚ/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌɡjʊlə(ɹ), -uːɡjʊlə(ɹ), -ʌɡələ(ɹ)

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Footnotes

  1. 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 83: ↩

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