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Guttural   /gˈətərəl/   Listen
adjective
Guttural  adj.  Of or pertaining to the throat; formed in the throat; relating to, or characteristic of, a sound formed in the throat. "Children are occasionally born with guttural swellings." "In such a sweet, guttural accent."



noun
Guttural  n.  A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a letter representing such a sound.






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"Guttural" Quotes from Famous Books



... her mate's assistance, alighting on my back, at the same time burying her talons in my woollen muffler. In my fall, however, I liberated the captive eagle, which hopped about lamely for a while, and then giving a kind of guttural chuckle, flapped his wide wings, and rose gracefully into ...
— The Pilots of Pomona • Robert Leighton

... understand," said Von Heinnen, in guttural tones which ill agreed with a compliment; "I loved the women of France ...
— Princess Maritza • Percy Brebner

... had resumed, but above the sound was a guttural voice that shouted hoarsely in accents of dismay. "Eighty-seven-G!" Schwartzmann was exclaiming, "—Mein Gott! It iss our own ship, the ...
— Astounding Stories, May, 1931 • Various

... down and entered into a livelier quarrel with those peaceable men and women than I could afterward have believed possible in Spain. I bade him get back to his seat beside the driver, who was abetting him with an occasional guttural and whom I bade turn round and go another way. I said that I had hired this turnout, and I was master, and I would be obeyed; but it seemed that I was wrong. My proud hirelings never left off their dispute till somehow ...
— Familiar Spanish Travels • W. D. Howells

... dessert-plate was knocked off the table, and Master Edgar kept on uttering his hoarse guttural sound of ...
— Quicksilver - The Boy With No Skid To His Wheel • George Manville Fenn


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