Neck

Noun

 * 1) The part of 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

Derived terms
neck and neck; neck-and-neck; neckband; neckcloth; neckerchief (from kerchief); necklace; necklet; neckline; neck of the woods; neck ring; necktie; neckwear; neckyoke; stick one's neck out

Verb

 * 1) To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
 * 2) 🇺🇸 To make love; to snog; to intently kiss or cuddle.
 * 3) To drink rapidly.

Derived terms
necking

Synonyms

 * (kiss or cuddle intently): French kiss, grope, pet, snuggle, smooch

Thesaurus
abbreviation, advocate, alpenstock, and quarter, ankle, arm, articulation, astriction, astringency, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bearer, bill and coo, bottleneck, boundary, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, breast, butt, buttress, canal, cane, carrier, cervix, channel, chicken foot, circumscription, clinch, closure, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, copulate, corset, coupling, crook, crutch, curtailment, dally, dark meat, decapitate, decollate, decrease, defile, diminuendo, dovetail, draw, drumstick, elbow, embrace, foundation garment, fulcrum, gibbet, giblets, girdle, gliding joint, guillotine, guy, guywire, hang, head, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hourglass, hourglass figure, interface, isthmus, jock, jockstrap, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knitting, knuckle, leg, link, lollygag, lynch, mainstay, maintainer, make love, make out, mast, miter, mortise, narrow, narrow place, narrowing, narrows, noose, oyster, pass, pet, pivot, pivot joint, prop, puckering, pursing, rabbet, reduction, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging, scarf, scrag, seam, shortening, shoulder, shroud, smooch, solidification, spine, spoon, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, stitch, strait, stranglement, strangulation, strengthener, stretch, striction, stricture, string up, support, supporter, sustainer, suture, sweet-talk, symphysis, systole, thigh, throat, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, toy, trifle, turkey foot, union, upholder, walking stick, wanton, wasp waist, weld, whisper sweet nothings, white meat, wing, wishbone, wrinkling, wrist

Etymology
From nekke:, from  hnecca: 'neck, nape', from  'nape, back of the head' (compare Dutch nek:, German Nacken:, Danish nakke:), from  (cf. Tocharian A kñuk: 'neck, nape'), mutated variant of *kneug/k (cf. Old English hnocc: 'hook, penis', Welsh cnwch: 'joint, knob', Latvian knaūķis: 'dwarf', Ancient Greek undefined: 'to draw together').

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, عنق
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian:, , , ,
 * Asturian: pescuezu
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: sama
 * Belarusian: шыя
 * Bengali: গলা, ঘর্
 * Bulgarian: шия, врат
 * Burmese: လည်ပင်း
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  頸項, 颈项,
 * Min Nan:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, (nape of the neck)
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: αυχένας, λαιμός, τράχηλος
 * Hebrew: צוואר
 * Hindi: गरदन, गर्दन
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: leher
 * Irish: muineál, scóig
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 首, (nekku)
 * Khmer: ក
 * Korean: 목
 * Kurdish:, ; ,
 * Kurdish:, ; ,


 * Lao: ຄໍ
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kakls
 * Lithuanian: kaklas
 * Luhya:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malay: leher
 * Mandinka:
 * Meriam:
 * Nahuatl: quechtli
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: ,
 * Old French:
 * Persian: گردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: врат, шија
 * Roman: vrat, šija
 * Sicilian: coddu
 * Sinhalese: බෙල්ල
 * Slovak: krk, šija
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, nape of the neck
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: k’ə́onemą
 * Thai: คอ, ลำคอ
 * Turkish: boyun
 * Ukrainian: шия
 * Urdu: گردن
 * Vietnamese: cổ
 * Volapük: särvig, nük


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: muineál
 * Kurdish:


 * Latin:
 * Latvian: kakls
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: врат, грк,
 * Roman:, ,
 * Turkish: yaka


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: flessenhals,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: scrogall, scrogall buidéil, scóig buidéil
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: kakls


 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: szyjka
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:


 * Irish:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * : レク ト (rekut)
 * : lepo, lepondo
 * : gouzoug, kilpenn (nape of the neck)
 * : врат (vrat) (1), шия (šija)  (1), деколте (dekolte)  (2), гърло (gârlo)  (3)
 * : coll, nuca , clatell
 * : kolo
 * : ajúra
 * :, waha
 * : צוואר (tsavar)
 * : kolo
 * : leher
 * : collo


 * : 목 (mok)
 * : കഴുത്ത് (kazhuthu)
 * : liri
 * : trugu (1)
 * : krk, šíja
 * : (nape of the neck)
 * : leeg, liig
 * : కంఠం (kaMThaM), మెడ (meDa)
 * : aîura
 * : boyun (1), yaka (2)
 * : (gardan)

Verb

 * Dutch: ,


 * Danish:


 * Hungarian: benyakal,