tonsils

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noun

The uvula.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of tonsil
    1 more example

    “So now everything's fine.” I uttered a hacking laugh. “No,” I said, in answer to a query from Aunt Dahlia. “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly. Ironical that the young blister should say that everything is fine, for at this very moment disaster stares us in the eyeball.”

    1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
nountonsils pl (plural only)
  1. nonstandardpluralplural onlyThe uvula.

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APA

tonsils. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsils

MLA

“tonsils.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsils. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tonsils,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsils.

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