jugular — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • relational

2. Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat. Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • relational

3. Having ventral fins attached under the throat.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of fish

4. Relating to juggling.

   Usage

   • Humorous
   • not-comparable
   • relational

Noun

1. Any critical vulnerability.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • in-plural
   • Rare

   Examples

   It was vicious; he went for the jugular.

   More examples (1)

   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 […].

Adjective

1. relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat

   Examples

   jugular vein

Noun

1. veins in the neck that return blood from the head

   Synonyms

   jugular veinvena jugularis

   Broader terms

   veinvenavenous blood vessel

2. a vital part that is vulnerable to attack

   Broader terms

   weak partweak spotsoft spot

   Examples

   he always goes for the jugular