jugular

From Late Latin jugulāris, from Latin iugulum (“neck, throat”), from iugum (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌɡ.jʊ.lə/, /ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌɡ.jʊ.lɚ/, /ˈdʒʌɡ.jə.lɚ/

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jugular (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
2. (zoology, of fish) Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
3. (humorous) Relating to juggling.

jugular (plural jugulars)

1. (anatomy) A jugular vein.
2. (by extension) Any critical vulnerability.

   It was vicious; he went for the jugular.

   • 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age : A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 83:

     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 […] .

The plural form jugulars is almost never used.

• jugular vein

• go for the jugular

Borrowed from Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

jugular m or f (plural jugulares, comparable)

1. jugular (relating to the neck or throat)

jugular f (plural jugulares)

1. jugular vein

• jugo

Borrowed from French jugulaire, Medieval Latin or Scientific Latin iugularis, jugularis, from Latin iugulum.

• IPA^(key): /ʒu.ɡuˈlar/

jugular m or n (feminine singular jugulară, masculine plural jugulari, feminine and neuter plural jugulare)

1. jugular; pertaining to the neck or throat

• venă jugulară
• junghia