neck

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Noun

1. The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
   • Giraffes have long necks.
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
9. The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
10. The gorgerin of a capital.
11. A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
12. The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
13. A person's life.
    • to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck
14. A falsehood; a lie.
15. Fellatio
16. A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.

Verb

1. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
   • Go neck yourself.
2. 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. To drink or swallow rapidly.
4. To decrease in diameter.

Noun

1. A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.

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