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Neck

noun

The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body. Synonym: cervix. "The horse won by a neck"

A narrow elongated projecting strip of land.

A cut of meat from the neck of an animal.

A narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form. "The bottle had a wide neck"

An opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck. Synonym: neck opening.

verb

(past & past part. necked; pres. part. necking)

Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion. Synonym: make out.

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"Neck" Quotes from Famous Books

... outer clothes off the sick man's chest, and showed the little coat which Dick had worn, tied by the sleeves about his neck. He moved slightly and his mother poured a few drops of wine between his lips; but he made no further sign of revival, and she went on with ...

— The Drummer's Coat • J. W. Fortescue

... shape of Darling standing in the middle of her stall, with Fitzpiers on her back, sound asleep. Darling was munching hay as well as she could with the bit in her month, and the reins, which had fallen from Fitzpiers's hand, hung upon her neck. ...

— The Woodlanders • Thomas Hardy

... in his eyes; then she threw her arms about his neck, and, for the first time unasked, covered ...

— McClure's Magazine, Volume VI, No. 3. February 1896 • Various

... Starting from the neck we shall work toward the tail. I want you to meet Mr. Perry Parkhurst, twenty-eight, lawyer, native of Toledo. Perry has nice teeth, a Harvard diploma, parts his hair in the middle. You have met him before—in Cleveland, Portland, St. Paul, ...

— Tales of the Jazz Age • F. Scott Fitzgerald

... and speechless Aggie who followed us that afternoon along the trail. As her hat was gone, I took the spare dish towel and made a turban for her, with an end hanging down to protect the back of her neck. But she expressed little gratitude, beyond observing that as she was going over the edge piecemeal, she'd better have done it all at once and ...

— Tish, The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions • Mary Roberts Rinehart

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