: an invagination of the protoplasm in various protozoans (such as a paramecium) that sometimes functions in the intake of food
3
: the space between the tips of adjacent saw teeth
Examples of gullet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebEventually, a freaky, spider-like facehugger will hatch from an egg and, true to its name, latch onto a host’s face and force an embryo down their unwilling gullets.—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024 Your family of otters may already be half-digested in a crocodile’s gullet, but what about writing a horror movie for kids?—Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2024 After days of agony, success is a room of people glancing at Lizzy’s work while stuffing their gullets with cheese.—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024 There is a small gullet in his mouth, so Cookie can actually eat something the size of a small fist.—Sopan Deb, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for gullet
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English golet, from Anglo-French, diminutive of gule throat, from Latin gula — more at glutton
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