necklace

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Derived terms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (US)
  • IPA: /ˈnɛklɪs/
  • SAMPA: /"nEklIs/

[edit] Noun

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necklace (plural necklaces)

1. An article of jewelry/jewellery that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
2. (figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.

   a necklace of coral islands

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to necklace (third-person singular simple present necklaces, present participle necklacing, simple past and past participle necklaced)

1. (South African) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's neck, and set on fire.
   • May 29 2003: The Star:

     Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.

   • 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin

     Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed

   • 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel

     The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.

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necklace (no comparative or superlative)

1. (South African) Describing a method of murder.
   • 4 August, 2004 Headline Pretoria News: Necklacing: 7 held.

     Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.

   • 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel

     Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution

   • 2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

     In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?

[edit] Derived terms

• necklacing
• pearl necklace