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jugular
[ juhg-yuh-ler, joo-gyuh- ]
adjective
- Anatomy.
- of or relating to the throat or neck.
- noting or pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck, especially one external jugular vein collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or one internal jugular vein collecting blood from within the skull.
- (of a fish) having the pelvic fins at the throat, before the pectoral fins.
noun
- Anatomy. a jugular vein.
jugular
/ ˈʌɡʊə /
adjective
- of, relating to, or situated near the throat or neck
- of, having, or denoting pelvic fins situated in front of the pectoral fins
a jugular fish
noun
- short for jugular vein
- go for the jugularto make a savage and destructive attack on an enemy's weakest point
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51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jugular1
Idioms and Phrases
- go for the jugular, to attack a vital and vulnerable trait, feature, element, etc., in an attempt to overcome somebody or something swiftly and totally:
The defense attorney went right for the jugular by attempting to destroy the witness's credibility.
More idioms and phrases containing jugular
see go for , def. 4.Example Sentences
Rather than requiring open brain surgery, it is installed into a person's jugular vein in their neck, then moved up to their brain through a blood vessel.
Ms Smith, who lives in Barry, said Frank's jugular vein - the main vein in the neck - was damaged and he was "bleeding profusely".
A beard trimmer leaps into jugulars, a VCR shoots tapes like a cannon, and the carnage of consumer goods is nasty, gory and cruel, with a darkly comic mean streak that recalls Joe Dante’s “Gremlins.”
The Dodgers could have gone for the jugular, and the World Series sweep, against the New York Yankees on Tuesday.
But Lee has been delivering these jugular jabs the whole day, talking about the failed businesses.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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