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neck

/nɛk/

noun

Meaning

  • The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

    "Giraffes have long necks."

  • 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.

  • 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.

    "a neck forming the journal of a shaft"

  • The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.

  • The gorgerin of a capital.

  • The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.

  • A person's life.

    "to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck"

  • A falsehood; a lie.

  • Shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore

Synonyms

Neck,
Näcken,
nicor,
nix,
nixie,
nixy,
nokk,
nokken,
näck

verb

Meaning

  • To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate

    "Go neck yourself."

  • To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.

    "Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them."

  • To drink rapidly.

  • To decrease in diameter.

Synonyms

French kiss,
grope,
pet,
smooch,
smoodge,
snog,
snuggle,
chug