Neck definition
To kiss and caress amorously.
verb
A relatively narrow elongation, projection, or connecting part.
A neck of land; the neck of a flask.
noun
(music) The narrow part along which the strings of an instrument extend to the pegs.
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(geology) Solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
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The siphon of a bivalve mollusk, such as a clam.
noun
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A narrow margin.
Won by a neck.
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The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders or trunk.
noun
A narrow or constricted area of a bodily structure, as of a bone, that joins its parts; a cervix.
noun
The part of a tooth between the crown and root.
noun
To strangle or decapitate (a fowl).
verb
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That part of a human or animal joining the head to the body, including the part of the backbone between the skull and the shoulders.
noun
That part of a garment which covers, encircles, or is nearest the neck.
noun
The narrowest part of any object, considered to be like a neck.
- A narrow strip of land.
- The narrowest part of an organ.The neck of the uterus, the neck of a tooth.
- The narrowest or tapering part of a bottle, vase, etc.
- A strait or channel.
noun
(geol.) A vertical column of hardened igneous rock, formerly plugging a volcanic conduit and later exposed by erosion and weathering.
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(slang) To engage in amorous kissing, hugging, and caressing.
verb
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The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders or trunk.
noun
A narrow or constricted part of a structure, as of a bone or an organ, that joins its parts; a cervix.
noun
The part of a tooth between the crown and the root.
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The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
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(botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
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(engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
A neck forming the journal of a shaft.
noun
To decrease in diameter.
verb
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The part of a garment around or near the neck.
noun
A narrow part between the head, or end, and the body, or base, of any object.
The neck of a violin, the neck of a goblet.
noun
neck and neck
- So close that the lead between competitors is virtually indeterminable.
idiom
up to (one's) neck
- Deeply involved or occupied fully:I'm up to my neck in paperwork.
idiom
break one's neck
- to try very hard
idiom
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get it in the neck
- to be severely reprimanded or punished
idiom
neck and crop
- completely; entirely
idiom
neck and neck
- even or nearly even during the course of a race or competitionThe candidates are neck and neck in the polls.
idiom
neck of the woods
- a region or localityNot from this neck of the woods.
idiom
risk one's neck
- to put one's life, career, reputation, etc. in danger
idiom
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stick one's neck out
- to expose oneself to possible failure, ridicule, loss, etc. by taking a chance
idiom
win (or lose) by a neck
- to win (or lose) by the length of a horse's head and neck
- to win (or lose) any contest by a narrow margin
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
break one's neck
win (<i>or</i> lose) by a neck
Origin of neck
- Middle English nekke from Old English hnecca
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English nekke, nakke, from Old English hnecca, *hnæcca (“neck, nape"), from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck"), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck"). Cognate with Scots nek (“neck"), North Frisian neek, neeke, Nak (“neck"), Saterland Frisian Näcke (“neck"), West Frisian nekke (“neck"), Dutch nek (“neck"), Low German Nakke (“neck"), German Nacken (“nape of the neck"), Danish nakke (“neck"), Swedish nacke (“neck"), Icelandic hnakki (“neck"), Tocharian A kñuk (“neck, nape"). Possibly a mutated variant of *kneug/k (cf. Old English hnocc 'hook, penis', Welsh cnwch 'joint, knob', Latvian knaÅ«Ä·is 'dwarf', Ancient Greek knychóō 'to draw together'). More at nook.
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