neck
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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 knaūķis 'dwarf', Ancient Greek knychóō 'to draw together'). More at nook.
Noun[edit]
neck (plural necks)
- The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- 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.
- (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- 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.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
- (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
Derived terms[edit]
- hindneck
- neck and neck/neck-and-neck
- neckband
- neckcloth
- neckerchief (from kerchief)
- necklace
- necklet
- neckline
- neck of the woods
- neck ring
- necktie
- neckwear
- neckyoke
- stick one's neck out
Translations[edit]
the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals
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the part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck
the tapered part of a bottle toward the opening
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the extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
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Verb[edit]
neck (third-person singular simple present necks, present participle necking, simple past and past participle necked)
- To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
- (US) To make love; to snog; to intently kiss or cuddle.
- Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
- To drink rapidly.
- 2006, Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters, London
- In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer.
- 2006, Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters, London
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Synonyms[edit]
- (kiss or cuddle intently): French kiss, grope, pet, snuggle, smooch
Translations[edit]
hang by the neck; strangle; kill
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