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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
to make a savage and destructive attack on an enemy's weakest point
Other Word Forms
- interjugular adjective
- postjugular adjective
- subjugular adjective
Word History and Origins
Word 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.
Example Sentences
The injury to Lee's jugular vein, though requiring extensive surgery, was not critical - but he now campaigns behind bulletproof glass, wearing a bulletproof vest, surrounded by agents carrying ballistic briefcases.
Against the Aztecs, Terry’s mindset was to frame the ball, trying not to do too much, but going for the jugular.
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.”
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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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