Meanings
alternative obsolete jugulary
- not comparablerelationalanatomyOf or pertaining to the jugular vein.
- humorousnot comparablerelationalRelating to juggling.
plural jugulars · alternative obsolete jugulary
- abbreviationellipsisin pluralrareanatomyEllipsis of jugular vein.
- broadlyin pluralrareAny critical vulnerability.
It was vicious; he went for the jugular.
1 more example
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 […].
2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 83
Synonyms & antonyms
nounveins in the neck that return blood from the head
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinjugulāris
- Englishjugular
Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum + -ar.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отнасящ се до шията
- отнасящ се до шията (otnasjašt se do šijata)relating to the neck or throat
Catalan jugular
- jugularrelating to the neck or throat
Chinese Mandarin 頸靜脈的 /颈静脉的, 頸的 /颈的
- 頸靜脈的 /颈静脉的 (jǐngjìngmài de)relating to the jugular vein
- 頸的 /颈的 (jǐng de)relating to the neck or throat
Czech jugulární, hrdelní
- jugulárnírelating to the neck or throat
- hrdelnírelating to the neck or throat
- krčnírelating to the neck or throat
Dutch jugulair
- jugulairrelating to the neck or throat
Finnish kaula-, akilleenkantapää
- kaula-relating to the neck or throat
- akilleenkantapääcritical vulnerability
French jugulaire
- jugulairerelating to the neck or throat
Greek τραχηλικός
- τραχηλικός (trachilikós)relating to the neck or throat
Polish szyjny
- szyjnyrelating to the neck or throat
Portuguese jugular
- jugularrelating to the neck or throat
Russian ше́йный
- ше́йный (šéjnyj)relating to the neck or throat
Spanish yugular
- yugularrelating to the neck or throat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with jugular
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jugular. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jugular
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