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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. 1

    The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

    "Giraffes have long necks."

  2. 2

    The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.

  3. 3

    The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.

  4. 4

    The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

verb
  1. 1

    To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate

    "Go neck yourself."

  2. 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. 3

    To drink rapidly.

  4. 4

    To decrease in diameter.

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