English Explanatory Dictionary

stick in someone's throat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of stick in someone's craw.
  2. To be too difficult to speak.
  3. To cause an aching sensation in the throat as if something is stuck there.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stick, throat.

Word forms

stick in someone's throat sticks in someone's throat sticking in someone's throat stuck in someone's throat
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