neck
neck Lexical Profile
neck Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body.
"She wrapped a warm woolen scarf around her neck before stepping out into the snow."
The part of a garment that is around or closest to the neck; a neckline or collar.
"The sweater had a tight crew neck that felt slightly restrictive."
A narrow connecting or projecting part of an object, such as the narrow top of a bottle or the long fingerboard-bearing extension of a stringed musical instrument.
"The luthier carefully adjusted the truss rod inside the neck of the acoustic guitar."
A narrow strip of land with water on each side, or a narrow strait of water connecting two larger bodies.
"The lighthouse stood at the end of a rocky neck of land jutting out into the bay."
• verb
To kiss and caress amorously (informal).
"Teenagers were necking in the back row of the movie theater."
British To swallow a drink or dose of substance quickly in a single gulp (informal).
"He necked his glass of water before rushing out the door to catch the train."
To become narrower or constricted at a particular point when subjected to tension (especially in materials science and engineering).
"The steel rod began to neck noticeably just before reaching its breaking point during the tensile test."
• Rhymes for neck
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'hnecca', meaning the nape of the neck or the back of the head, derived from Proto-Germanic '*khnekkon'.