necked

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *hnakkô

Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō

Old English hnecca

Middle English nekke

English neck

English -ed

English necked

From neck + -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛkt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Adjective

necked (not comparable)

1. (in combination) Having some specific type of neck or neckline.
2. (nautical, archaic, of a treenail) Cracked.

Derived terms

• barenecked
• black-necked crane
• black-necked grebe
• black-necked screamer
• black-necked swan
• blue-necked ostrich
• boatnecked
• brass-necked
• bullnecked
• bull-necked
• dark-necked tailorbird
• ewe-necked
• frill-necked lizard
• goosenecked
• gray-necked bunting
• grey-necked bunting
• grey-necked wood rail
• high-necked
• long-necked
• longnecked
• neckedness
• open-necked
• pencil-necked
• pink-necked green pigeon
• rednecked
• red-necked buzzard
• red-necked francolin
• red-necked grebe
• red-necked phalarope
• red-necked stint
• red-necked wallaby
• red-necked woodpecker
• ring-necked duck
• ring-necked lizard
• ring-necked parakeet
• ring-necked pheasant
• short-necked
• side-necked turtle
• snake-necked turtle
• stiff-necked
• straw-necked ibis
• swan-necked
• turtle-necked
• white-necked myna
• yellow-necked field mouse
• yellow-necked mouse

Translations

having a certain type of neck

• Finnish: -kaulainen

Verb

necked

1. simple past and past participle of neck