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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishnekke,nakke, fromOld Englishhnecca,*hnæcca(“neck, nape”), fromProto-Germanic*hnakkô(“nape, neck”), fromProto-Indo-European*knog-,*kneg-(“back of the head, nape, neck”). Cognate withScotsnek(“neck”),North Frisianneek,neeke,Nak(“neck”),Saterland FrisianNäkke(“neck”),West Frisiannekke(“neck”),Dutchnek(“neck”),German Low GermanNack(“neck”),GermanNacken(“nape of the neck”),Danishnakke(“neck”),Swedishnacke(“nape of the neck”),Icelandichnakki(“neck”),Tocharian Akñuk(“neck, nape”). Possibly a mutated variant of *kneug/k (compareOld Englishhnocc(“hook, penis”),Welshcnwch(“joint, knob”),Latvianknaūķis(“dwarf”).Doublet ofnek. More atnook. Displacedhalse(“neck, throat”) andswire(“neck”).

A human neck.

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neck (pluralnecks)

An Australasian Darter extends her long neck.
  1. (anatomy) The part of thebody connecting thehead and thetrunk found in humans and some animals.
    Giraffes have longnecks.
    • 2019 October 15,ZA/UM,Robert Kurvitz, quoting You,Disco Elysium,→OCLC:
      Mother, help me, there's a head attached to myneck and I'min it.
  2. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
  3. The part of ashirt,dress etc., which fits a person'sneck.
  4. Thetapered part of abottle toward the opening.
  5. (botany) The slender tubelikeextension atop anarchegonium, through which thesperm swim to reach theegg.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster,The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.:Field Museum of Natural History,→ISBN, page 5:
      Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongatedneck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
  6. (music) Theextension of anystringedinstrument on which afingerboard is mounted
  7. A long narrowtract ofland projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
  8. (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by agroove around it.
    aneck forming the journal of a shaft
  9. Theconstriction between theroot andcrown of atooth.
  10. (architecture) Thegorgerin of acapital.
  11. (geology) Avolcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
  12. (firearms) The small part of agun between thechase and theswell of themuzzle.
  13. (figurative) A person'slife.
    to risk one'sneck; to save someone'sneck
  14. (informal, MLE, slang) Afalsehood; alie.
  15. (slang)Fellatio
    • 2016, “Pimptations”, performed by Smino:
      Shorty throwneck like a geese
      She make me speak Portuguese
    • 2018, “Florida Thang”, inThe South Got Something To Say, performed by Pouya:
      She dropneck for a check and a paystub
  16. (now historical) A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
    • 1837,R. A. R.,The Everyday Book, page1169:
      The person with 'theneck' stands in the centre, grasping it with both his hands
    • 1911, James George Frazer,The Golden Bough, volume 7, page266:
      "Theneck" is generally hung up in the farmhouse, where it remains for two or three years.
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part of body connecting the head and the trunk
corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts
part of a shirt, dress etc.
tapered part of a bottle
botany: slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium
extension of stringed instrument
long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts
engineering: reduction in size near the end of an object
constriction between the root and crown of a tooth
architecture: gorgerin of a capital
firearms: part between the chase and the swell of the muzzle
figurative: person's life
slang: falsehood, lie
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Verb

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neck (third-person singular simple presentnecks,present participlenecking,simple past and past participlenecked)

  1. (transitive, slang) Tohang by the neck;strangle;kill, eliminate.
    Goneck yourself.
  3. (intransitive, informal, chiefly US) To intentlykiss orcuddle; tocanoodle.
    Synonyms:make out,French kiss,grope,pet,smoodge,snog;see alsoThesaurus:kiss
    Coordinate term:make love
    Alan and Betty werenecking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
    • 1994 [1993],Irvine Welsh,Trainspotting, London: Minerva,→ISBN,page326:
      Molly had been in love with Sick Boy since henecked with her in a seedy disco-bar in Leith a few weeks ago. Sick Boy had made a drunken point about HIV transmission and to illustrate it had spent most of the night french-kissing her.
  4. (transitive, slang) Todrink orswallow rapidly.
    Synonym:chug
    • 2005, Stephen Price,Monkey Man, page146:
      Actually, mostly I swan around in my silver sports car,necking drugs, and feeling sorry for myself.
    • 2006, Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters,London:
      In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks ornecking Asahi beer.
    • 2019 January 26,Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, inKatharine Viner, editor,The Guardian‎[1], London:Guardian News & Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on8 April 2019:
      The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messilynecking it in one.
  5. (intransitive) To decrease in diameter.
    • 2007, John H. Bickford,Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints,page272:
      Since this temperature would place the bolt in its creep range, it will slowly stretch,necking down as it does so. Eventually it will get too thin to support the weight, and the bolt will break.
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hang by the neck; strangle; kill
make love
drink rapidly
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Etymology 2

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FromDanishnøkke,Swedishnäck.

Noun

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neck (pluralnecks)

  1. (folklore) Ashapeshifting waterspirit in Germanicmythology and folklore; anix.
    Synonyms:nis,nix,nixie,nixy
    • 1828,Thomas Keightley,The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page234:
      TheNeck no more upon the river sings.
      And no Mermaid to bleach her linen flings
      Upon the waves in the mild solar ray.
    • 1876, John Mitchell Kemble,The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest, volume I, London: Bernard Quaritch, page391:
      The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, theNeck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.]
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folklore: shapeshifting water spirit—seenix

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Borrowed fromEnglishneck.

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neck m (pluralnecks)

  1. (geology)neck(solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano)

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishneck.

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neck m

  1. (geology)neck(solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano)
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