full-throated

adj
/ˌfʊlˈθɹəʊtɪd/UK/ˌfʊlˈθɹoʊtəd/US

Etymology

From full + throated.

Definitions

  1. Using all the power of one's voice

    Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously.

    • [T]hou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, / In some melodious plot / Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, / Singest of summer in full-throated ease.
    • The laughter was not quite so full-throated as before. Such excessive cleverness was a little Satanic.
    • The purr grew louder, and ended in the full-throated 'Aaarh!' of the tiger's charge.
  2. Showing strong feelings.

    • [Andy] Warhol's portraits of Jackie [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis] could not be more full-throated in their sorrow because they are so obviously felt, a silent agony.
    • [Donald] Trump never received the full throated backing of his party colleagues and mainstream consensus until about 2am last night was that he was a joke.
  3. Of a woman

    Of a woman: having ample breasts.

    • And this was Miggles! this bright-eyed, full-throated young woman, whose wet gown of coarse blue stuff could not hide the beauty of the feminine curves to which it clung; [...]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA