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Jugular definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JU'GULAR, a. [L. jugulum, the neck, either from jugum, a yoke, or from its radical sense, to extend, to join. See Join.]
Pertaining to the neck or throat; as the jugular vein.
JU'GULAR, n. A large vein of the neck.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat; "jugular vein" n
1: veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn: jugular vein, vena jugularis, jugular]
2: a vital part that is vulnerable to attack; "he always goes for the jugular"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin jugularis, from Latin jugulum collarbone, throat, from jugum yoke — more at yoke Date: 1597 1. of or relating to the throat or neck 2. of or relating to the jugular vein II. noun Date: 1615 1. jugular vein 2. the most vital or vulnerable part of something <showed an instinct for the jugular in competition>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of the neck or throat. 2 (of fish) having ventral fins in front of the pectoral fins. --n. = jugular vein. Phrases and idioms: jugular vein any of several large veins of the neck which carry blood from the head. Etymology: LL jugularis f. L jugulum collar-bone, throat, dimin. of jugum YOKE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jugular Ju"gu*lar, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See Jugular, a.] 1. (Anat.) One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the jugular vein. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jugular Ju"gu*lar, a. [L. jugulum the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: cf. F. jugulaire. See Join.] 1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein. (b) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(jugulars) 1. A jugular or jugular vein is one of the three important veins in your neck that carry blood from your head back to your heart. N-COUNT 2. If you say that someone went for the jugular, you mean that they strongly attacked another person's weakest points in order to harm them. (INFORMAL) Mr Black went for the jugular, asking intimate sexual questions. PHRASE: V inflects