NECK

Neck

The neck is the part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk. The adjective signifying "of the neck" is cervical .

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neck

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
  2. To make love; to snog; to intently kiss or cuddle.
    ''Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
  3. To drink rapidly.


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