Full-throated
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously. also, figuratively
"[T]hou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, / In some melodious plot / Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, / Singest of summer in full-throated ease."
- 2 Showing strong feelings. figuratively
"[Andy] Warhol's portraits of Jackie [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis] could not be more full-throated in their sorrow because they are so obviously felt, a silent agony."
- 3 Of a woman: having ample breasts. dated, euphemistic
"There she sits, at the very opposite corner, just as far off as accident could put her from this handsome fellow, by whose side she ought, of course, to be sitting. [...] Tawny-haired, amber-eyed, full-throated, skin as white as a blanched almond."
Example
More examples"The goal, even when a small one, always becomes gooooooooooooooooooal in the mouth of a radio presenter, a full-throated "do" capable of permanently silencing Caruso, and the crowd goes wild, and the stadium forgets it is made of cement and lifts off the ground and into the air."
Etymology
From full + throated.
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