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neck 
  n 
1 the part of an organism connecting the head with the rest of the body 
 Related adjs  →  cervical  →  jugular 
2 the part of a garment around or nearest the neck 
3 something resembling a neck in shape or position 
the neck of a bottle  
4  (Anatomy) a constricted portion of an organ or part, such as the cervix of the uterus 
5 a narrow or elongated projecting strip of land; a peninsula or isthmus 
6 a strait or channel 
7 the part of a violin, cello, etc., that extends from the body to the tuning pegs and supports the fingerboard 
8 a solid block of lava from the opening of an extinct volcano, exposed after erosion of the surrounding rock 
9  (Botany) the upper, usually tubular, part of the archegonium of mosses, ferns, etc. 
10 the length of a horse's head and neck taken as an approximate distance by which one horse beats another in a race 
to win by a neck  
11 Informal a short distance, amount, or margin 
he is always a neck ahead in new techniques  
12 Informal impudence; audacity 
he had the neck to ask for a rise  
13  (Architect) the narrow band at the top of the shaft of a column between the necking and the capital, esp. as used in the Tuscan order 
14 another name for beard (on printer's type) 
15 ♦ break one's neck 
Informal to exert oneself greatly, esp. by hurrying, in order to do something 
16 ♦ by the neck  (Irish and Scot) 
slang (of a bottle of beer) served unpoured 
give me two bottles of stout by the neck  
17 ♦ get it in the neck 
Informal to be reprimanded or punished severely 
18 ♦ neck and neck absolutely level or even in a race or competition 
19 ♦ neck of the woods 
Informal an area or locality 
a quiet neck of the woods  
20 ♦ risk one's neck to take a great risk 
21 ♦ save one's or someone's neck 
Informal to escape from or help someone else to escape from a difficult or dangerous situation 
22 ♦ stick one's neck out 
Informal to risk criticism, ridicule, failure, etc., by speaking one's mind 
23 ♦ up to one's neck (in) deeply involved (in) 
  vb 
24 intr 
Informal to kiss, embrace, or fondle someone or one another passionately 
  (Old English hnecca; related to Old High German hnack, Old Irish cnocc hill) 
♦  necker  n 

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