Usually means: Intense or violent pain, struggle.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word THROES:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. throes: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. throes: Merriam-Webster
  3. throes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. throes: Collins English Dictionary
  5. throes: Vocabulary.com
  6. Throes, throes: Wordnik
  7. throes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. throes: Wiktionary
  9. throes: Dictionary.com
  10. throes: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. The Throes (band): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. throes: Rhymezone
  13. throes: FreeDictionary.org
  14. throes: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. throes: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. throes: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. throes: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
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(Note: See throe as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (throes)

noun:  violent pangs of suffering ("Death throes")


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