Gauntlet
noun
An armored glove, as worn by a medieval knight.
The knight put on his gauntlet before riding into battle.
Often appears as...
- wear the gauntlet
- armoured gauntlet
noun
A form of punishment in which people are allowed to hit someone who is running through a line between them.
As a form of hazing, the recruit was made to run the gauntlet.
Often appears as...
- run the gauntlet
- punishment gauntlet
Usage tips
Historical, Colloquial
noun
A severe trial or ordeal that you subject to an attack from many sides at once.
Going through a divorce often feels like running a gauntlet.
Often appears as...
- run the gauntlet
- throw down the gauntlet
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Disapproving
noun
A challenge or provocation.
He threw down the gauntlet by declaring he could do the job better.
Often appears as...
- throw down the gauntlet
- accept the gauntlet
Usage tips
Neutral
Idiomatic
noun
An armored glove, as worn by a medieval knight.
The knight put on his gauntlet before riding into battle.
Often appears as...
- wear the gauntlet
- armoured gauntlet
noun
A form of punishment in which people are allowed to hit someone who is running through a line between them.
As a form of hazing, the recruit was made to run the gauntlet.
Often appears as...
- run the gauntlet
- punishment gauntlet
Usage tips
Historical, Colloquial
noun
A severe trial or ordeal that you subject to an attack from many sides at once.
Going through a divorce often feels like running a gauntlet.
Often appears as...
- run the gauntlet
- throw down the gauntlet
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A challenge or provocation.
He threw down the gauntlet by declaring he could do the job better.
Often appears as...
- throw down the gauntlet
- accept the gauntlet
Usage tips
Neutral
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Armament
Refers specifically to the protective glove knights wore; used in historical or fantasy contexts.
The museum displayed an authentic gauntlet from the 15th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbolism
Symbolizes chivalry, knighthood, and combat; often seen in movies and literature.
He gifted her a miniature gauntlet to represent his protection.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor for Strength
May symbolize strength and defense; useful in metaphorical expressions.
In negotiations, she wore her gauntlet, unyielding to pressure.
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Armament
Refers specifically to the protective glove knights wore; used in historical or fantasy contexts.
The museum displayed an authentic gauntlet from the 15th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbolism
Symbolizes chivalry, knighthood, and combat; often seen in movies and literature.
He gifted her a miniature gauntlet to represent his protection.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor for Strength
May symbolize strength and defense; useful in metaphorical expressions.
In negotiations, she wore her gauntlet, unyielding to pressure.
Pro Tip 1/3Historic Armament
Refers specifically to the protective glove knights wore; used in historical or fantasy contexts.
The museum displayed an authentic gauntlet from the 15th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Symbolism
Symbolizes chivalry, knighthood, and combat; often seen in movies and literature.
He gifted her a miniature gauntlet to represent his protection.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphor for Strength
May symbolize strength and defense; useful in metaphorical expressions.
In negotiations, she wore her gauntlet, unyielding to pressure.
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The Survival of the Sea...
where many others have ended their evolutionary run. Second, throughout the centuries and up till today, every living adult sea turtle has overcome the odds, existing as a consequence of chance, skill, and capability. The gauntlet each sea turtle faces in the course of its lifetime goes
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Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
laid down the gauntlet of who can see the first Warburg's eagle and that is definitely not a Warburg's eagle looks to me to be a white back it's not the easiest so there's two of them they're going into a couple little thermal that is generating above and they've probably
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Bird migration, a...
Humans are altering important stop-over sites that birds have been using for generations. As migrators pass over the continent, they run a gauntlet of dangers, including pesticide ingestion in rural farmlands, habitat loss in suburban developments,
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A Skeptic’s Guide to...
the producers completely dismissed rodrigo they told him and his mom look this isn't some kind of parlor game and we're just not interested so rodrigo's mom threw down the gauntlet and my mom said well ask the kid a question if you think
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Safari Live - Day 214 PIPE...
still do most of that but Carol wants to know about waffles I want to know about waffles because I haven't gone to see the waffle 'its since yesterday morning's end of the gauntlet series so I'm deeply concerned about the little
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The Gauntlet PIPE Think...
Unfortunately, the radios also tipped off the robots. So they’ve taken defensive measures to protect the final artifact in its home in the very heart of the city. There’s only one way to get the gauntlet of forking paths.
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How fashion helps us...
The color washes off the next day, however, for that moment in time, it's their beautiful disruption. This disruption, any kind of dissonance, can be the first gauntlet we throw down in a battle against oppression.
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She Shoots, She Scores:...
the gauntlet like if we don't get raises we're leaving but i think we laid out you know a case and we were clear that you know we wanted to see consideration and some action on that and we did get
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
can't imagine a more terrifying gauntlet in all the world and apparently that particular crossing being ruined by yet another intellectually challenged crocodile I've come to the conclusion
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Top 5 Slithering Snake...
they run the gauntlet of two worlds they feed underwater but also need to break the tort surface for air
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The Survival of the Sea...
where many others have ended their evolutionary run. Second, throughout the centuries and up till today, every living adult sea turtle has overcome the odds, existing as a consequence of chance, skill, and capability. The gauntlet each sea turtle faces in the course of its lifetime goes
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
laid down the gauntlet of who can see the first Warburg's eagle and that is definitely not a Warburg's eagle looks to me to be a white back it's not the easiest so there's two of them they're going into a couple little thermal that is generating above and they've probably
Video examples
Bird migration, a...
Humans are altering important stop-over sites that birds have been using for generations. As migrators pass over the continent, they run a gauntlet of dangers, including pesticide ingestion in rural farmlands, habitat loss in suburban developments,
Video examples
A Skeptic’s Guide to...
the producers completely dismissed rodrigo they told him and his mom look this isn't some kind of parlor game and we're just not interested so rodrigo's mom threw down the gauntlet and my mom said well ask the kid a question if you think
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 214 PIPE...
still do most of that but Carol wants to know about waffles I want to know about waffles because I haven't gone to see the waffle 'its since yesterday morning's end of the gauntlet series so I'm deeply concerned about the little
Video examples
The Gauntlet PIPE Think...
Unfortunately, the radios also tipped off the robots. So they’ve taken defensive measures to protect the final artifact in its home in the very heart of the city. There’s only one way to get the gauntlet of forking paths.
Video examples
How fashion helps us...
The color washes off the next day, however, for that moment in time, it's their beautiful disruption. This disruption, any kind of dissonance, can be the first gauntlet we throw down in a battle against oppression.
Video examples
She Shoots, She Scores:...
the gauntlet like if we don't get raises we're leaving but i think we laid out you know a case and we were clear that you know we wanted to see consideration and some action on that and we did get
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
can't imagine a more terrifying gauntlet in all the world and apparently that particular crossing being ruined by yet another intellectually challenged crocodile I've come to the conclusion
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
they run the gauntlet of two worlds they feed underwater but also need to break the tort surface for air
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Quote examples
Jeff Nichols
American Director
My stated goal as a filmmaker is to feel something. Is to have a palpable emotion in my life, carry it through the gauntlet of the filmmaking process and try and have it land for an audience at some point during the viewing experience. That to me is successful filmmaking.
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Patty Hearst
American Celebrity
And, quite frankly, I fully expected to be charged with murder, because they weren't charging anybody. I did it in terms of, I felt like I was throwing down the gauntlet saying look, this is what happened. There's a family out there that needed to know what happened.
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Owen Hart
Canadian Wrestler
I think by the time I was born, my parents had pretty well run the gauntlet with their kids. The novelty had kind of worn off by the time the twelfth child was born. I was lucky to get fed and changed, picked up and taken to school.
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure psychological evaluations and near-gynecological exams their male and liberal counterparts do not.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies.
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George Wallace
American Politician
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
English Poet
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.
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Hidetaka Miyazaki
Japanese Director
I love throwing down the gauntlet and trying our hand at that new tech.
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Jeff Nichols
American Director
My stated goal as a filmmaker is to feel something. Is to have a palpable emotion in my life, carry it through the gauntlet of the filmmaking process and try and have it land for an audience at some point during the viewing experience. That to me is successful filmmaking.
Quote examples
Patty Hearst
American Celebrity
And, quite frankly, I fully expected to be charged with murder, because they weren't charging anybody. I did it in terms of, I felt like I was throwing down the gauntlet saying look, this is what happened. There's a family out there that needed to know what happened.
Quote examples
Owen Hart
Canadian Wrestler
I think by the time I was born, my parents had pretty well run the gauntlet with their kids. The novelty had kind of worn off by the time the twelfth child was born. I was lucky to get fed and changed, picked up and taken to school.
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Mark McKinnon
American Businessman
Conservative women in politics run a punishing gauntlet. They endure psychological evaluations and near-gynecological exams their male and liberal counterparts do not.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies.
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George Wallace
American Politician
I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
English Poet
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.
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Hidetaka Miyazaki
Japanese Director
I love throwing down the gauntlet and trying our hand at that new tech.
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