English
Noun
jugular (plural: jugulars, rarely used in plural form)
- vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein
- By extension any critical vulnerability ("it was vicious; he went for the jugular").
Quotations
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 [...]. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by w:Joyce Carol Oates|Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 83)
Synonyms
rfc-level|Synonyms at L4+ not in L3 POS section
jugular vein
Translations
Chinese: é ¸éè, é¢éè
Dutch: halsader m
Finnish: kaulavaltimo
French: jugulaire m
German: Jugular n
Italian: giugulare m
Japanese: é ¸éè
Korean: ê²½ì 맥
Portuguese: jugular f
Russian: гоÑлопеÑое n (gorloperoe)
Spanish: yugular m
Adjective
jugular
- relating to or located near the neck or throat.
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