Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈnɛk/
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[ˈnɛk]
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nɛk
Noun
The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
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Giraffes have long necks.
Mother, help me, there's a head attached to my neck and I'm in it.
The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
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Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
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a neck forming the journal of a shaft
The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
The gorgerin of a capital.
A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
A person's life.
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to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck
A falsehood; a lie.
Usage- Multicultural-London-English
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Fellatio
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Shorty throw neck like a geese She make me speak Portuguese
She drop neck for a check and a paystub
A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
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The person with 'the neck' stands in the centre, grasping it with both his hands
"The neck" is generally hung up in the farmhouse, where it remains for two or three years.
Verb
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
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Go neck yourself.
To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
Usage- US usage
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Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
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Molly had been in love with Sick Boy since he necked with her in a seedy disco-bar in Leith a few weeks ago. Sick Boy had made a drunken point about HIV transmission and to illustrate it had spent most of the night french-kissing her.
To drink or swallow rapidly.
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Actually, mostly I swan around in my silver sports car, necking drugs, and feeling sorry for myself.
In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer.
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The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.
To decrease in diameter.
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Since this temperature would place the bolt in its creep range, it will slowly stretch, necking down as it does so. Eventually it will get too thin to support the weight, and the bolt will break.
Noun
A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
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The Neck no more upon the river sings. And no Mermaid to bleach her linen flings Upon the waves in the mild solar ray.
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The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.]
Noun
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
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he admired her long graceful neck
the horse won by a neck
a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
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a cut of meat from the neck of an animal
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a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form
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the banjo had a long neck
the bottle had a wide neck
an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck
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Verb
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
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The couple were necking in the back seat of the car