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neck⋅ing

   [nek-ing]
–noun
1. Informal. the act of embracing, kissing, and caressing amorously; petting.
2. Architecture.
a. a molding or group of moldings between the projecting part of a capital of a column and the shaft.
b. gorgerin.
Origin:
1795–1805; neck + -ing 1
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neck     (něk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders or trunk.
  2. The part of a garment around or near the neck.
  3. Anatomy
    1. A narrow or constricted part of a structure, as of a bone or organ, that joins its parts; a cervix.
    2. The part of a tooth between the crown and the root.
  4. A relatively narrow elongation, projection, or connecting part: a neck of land; the neck of a flask.
  5. Music The narrow part along which the strings of an instrument extend to the pegs.
  6. Printing See beard.
  7. Geology Solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
  8. The siphon of a bivalve mollusk, such as a clam.
  9. A narrow margin: won by a neck.
v.   necked, neck·ing, necks

v.   intr. Informal
To kiss and caress amorously.
v.   tr.
To strangle or decapitate (a fowl).

[Middle English nekke, from Old English hnecca.]
neck'less adj.
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neck·ing     (něk'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Architecture A molding between the upper part of a column and the projecting part of the capital.
  2. Informal The act or practice of amorously kissing and caressing.
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necking

noun
1. the molding at the top of a column [syn: gorgerin] 
2. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) [syn: caressing] 

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Necking

Neck"ing\, n. Same as Neckmold.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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