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Neck
/nɛk/
The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
📖 Definitions of "Neck"
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.
verb
- 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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