Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/January 31

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Word of the day
for January 31
throe n
  1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, especially one experienced when the uterus contracts during childbirth, or when a person is about to die.
    1. (usually in the plural) The pain of labour or childbirth; the suffering of death.
  2. Any severe pang or spasm, especially an outburst of feeling; a paroxysm.
  3. (figuratively, usually in the plural) A hard struggle, especially one associated with the beginning or finishing of a task.

throe v

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel throes, as if in childbirth; to put in agony.
  2. (intransitive) To feel throes; to struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
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