neck
neck is a 4-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.
- noun. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
- noun. The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.
- noun. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- noun. That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board.
- noun. A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.
- noun. the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
- transitive verb. To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.
- transitive/intransitive verb. To kiss and caress amorously.
- noun. an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck
- noun. a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form
"the banjo had a long neck"
"the bottle had a wide neck"
- noun. the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
"he admired her long graceful neck"
"the horse won by a neck"
- noun. a cut of meat from the neck of an animal
- noun. a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
- verb. kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
"The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
Synonyms
Common word forms
necks, necked, necker, neckful, necking, neckless
Words from these letters
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