jugular

adj

1. (not-comparable, relational)Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
2. (not-comparable, relational)Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
3. (not-comparable)Having ventral fins attached under the throat.
4. (humorous, not-comparable, relational)Relating to juggling.

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural, rare)Ellipsis of jugular vein.
2. (broadly, in-plural, rare)Any critical vulnerability.

   “It was vicious; he went for the jugular.”

   “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 […].”