neck

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
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.
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. (figuratively) A person's life.
14. (Multicultural-London-English, informal, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
15. (slang) Fellatio
16. (historical) A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.

Verb

1. (slang, transitive) To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
2. (US, informal, intransitive) To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
3. (slang, transitive) To drink or swallow rapidly.
4. (intransitive) To decrease in diameter.

Concetti

collo

nuca

collottola

colletto

gola

istmo

manico

pomiciare

collu

fare l'amore

appendere per il collo

scollo

slinguare

strangolare

collo di bottiglia

limonare

scollatura

testa

impiccare

sinonimi

throat

cervix

nape

scruff

collar

front of neck

nape of the neck

isthmus

nape of neck

butchery cut

back of the neck

neckband

neck opening

make out

scrag

pet

bottleneck

collum

strait

caress

voice

windpipe

maw

mouth

narrow

narrows

necklace

neckline

osculate

pearl oyster

pile

pillar

pipe

plug

pole

post

pylon

rack

region

row

share

shoulder

skull

💀

smack

stock

stripe

trachea

canoodle

chuck steak

lallygag

Traduzioni

cou

Hals

cuello

hals

nek

pescoço

coll

collum

Nacken

boyun

λαιμός

cervix

pescuezo

nuca

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/nɛk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: nekke

Ereditato da inglese antico: hnecca

Affine scozzese: nek

Affine frisone settentrionale: neek

Affine saterfriesisch: Näkke

Affine frisone occidentale: nekke

Affine olandese: nek

Affine tedesco: Nacken

Affine danese: nakke

Affine svedese: nacke

Affine islandese: hnakki

Affine Tokharian A: kñuk

Affine inglese antico: hnocc

Affine gallese: cnwch

Affine lettone: knaūķis

In summary

From Middle English nekke, nakke, from Old English hnecca, *hnæcca (“neck, nape”), from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”). Cognate with Scots nek (“neck”), North Frisian neek, neeke, Nak (“neck”), Saterland Frisian Näkke (“neck”), West Frisian nekke (“neck”), Dutch nek (“neck”), German Low German Nack (“neck”), German Nacken (“nape of the neck”), Danish nakke (“neck”), Swedish nacke (“nape of the neck”), Icelandic hnakki (“neck”), Tocharian A kñuk (“neck, nape”). Possibly a mutated variant of *kneug/k (compare Old English hnocc (“hook, penis”), Welsh cnwch (“joint, knob”), Latvian knaūķis (“dwarf”). Doublet of nek. More at nook. Displaced halse (“neck, throat”) and swire (“neck”).

Frasi

This raven has very short feathers on the head , throat and neck .

Questo corvo ha piume molto corte sulla testa, sulla gola e sul collo.