neck

/nɛk/

noun

1
The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
“Giraffes have long necks.”
2
The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
3
The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
4
The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
5
The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
6
The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
7
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
8
A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
“a neck forming the journal of a shaft”
9
The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
10
The gorgerin of a capital.
11
The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
12
A person's life.
“to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck”
13
A falsehood; a lie.
14
Shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore

1
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
“Go neck yourself.”
2
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.”
3
To drink rapidly.
4
To decrease in diameter.

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