neck
/ˈnɛk/ verb C2- To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate. · Go neck yourself.
- To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle. · Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
- To drink or swallow rapidly.
- To decrease in diameter.
He/she/it necks · Past necked · Past participle necked · -ing form necking
Verb forms
- Base form
- neck
- He/she/it
- necks
- Past
- necked
- Past participle
- necked
- -ing form
- necking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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See if I do not prick your neck with my sting.” The Draught-Mule replied, “I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins.
“Oil my neck, first,” replied the Tin Woodman.
“This isn’t the road,” said the Stork, as she twisted her long neck and looked sharply at the queer party.
There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the back of her head, where they were locked together by a little key that was at the end of a chain the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck.
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