neck

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

cou

Hals

cuello

collo

hals

nek

coll

pescoço

collum

Nacken

λαιμός

boyun

cervix

pescuezo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɛk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nekke

Inherited from Old English: hnecca

Cognate with Scots: nek

Cognate with Northern Frisian: neek

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Näkke

Cognate with Western Frisian: nekke

Cognate with Dutch: nek

Cognate with German: Nacken

Cognate with Danish: nakke

Cognate with Swedish: nacke

Cognate with Icelandic: hnakki

Cognate with Tokharian A: kñuk

Cognate with Old English: hnocc

Cognate with Welsh: cnwch

Cognate with Latvian: 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”).

Sentences

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