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
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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.
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