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neck⋅ing

  [nek-ing]
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–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

neck

  [nek]
–noun
1. the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
2. the part of a garment encircling, partly covering, or closest to the neck; neckline.
3. the length of the neck of a horse or other animal as a measure in racing.
4. the slender part near the top of a bottle, vase, or similar object.
5. any narrow, connecting, or projecting part suggesting the neck of an animal.
6. a narrow strip of land, as an isthmus or a cape.
7. a strait.
8. the longer and more slender part of a violin or similar stringed instrument, extending from the body to the head.
9. Building Trades, Machinery. the part on a shank of a bolt next to the head, esp. when it has a special form.
10. Anatomy. a narrowed part of a bone, organ, or the like.
11. Dentistry. the slightly narrowed region of a tooth between the crown and the root.
12. Printing. beard (def. 5).
13. Architecture. a cylindrical continuation of the shaft of a column above the lower astragal of the capital, as in the Roman Doric and Tuscan orders.
14. Also called volcanic neck. Geology. the solidified lava or igneous rock filling a conduit leading either to a vent of an extinct volcano or to a laccolith.
–verb (used without object)
15. Informal. (of two persons) to embrace, kiss, and caress one another amorously.
–verb (used with object)
16. Informal. to embrace, kiss, and caress (someone) amorously.
17. to strangle or behead.
—Idioms
18. be up to one's neck, Informal. to have a surfeit; be overburdened: Right now she's up to her neck in work.
19. break one's neck, Informal. to make a great effort: We broke our necks to get there on time.
20. get it in the neck, Slang.
a. to suffer punishment or loss: The trend is to consolidation and small businesses are getting it in the neck.
b. to be rejected or dismissed: The employees got it in the neck when the company moved overseas.
c. to be sharply reprimanded or scolded.
21. neck and neck, even or very close; indeterminate as to the outcome: They were coming toward the finish line neck and neck.
22. neck of the woods, Informal. neighborhood, area, or vicinity: Next time you're in this neck of the woods, drop in.
23. stick one's neck out, Informal. to expose oneself to danger, disaster, failure, disgrace, etc.; take a risk: He stuck his neck out by supporting an unpopular candidate.
24. win by a neck,
a. to win by a small amount or narrow margin.
b. Racing. to be first by a head and neck; finish closely.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME nekke, OE hnecca, c. D nek nape of neck; akin to G Nacken, ON hnakki nape of neck

Related forms:
necker, noun
neckless, adjective
necklike, adjective

gor⋅ger⋅in

  [gawr-jer-in]
–noun Architecture.
the neckline portion of a capital of a column, or a feature forming the junction between a shaft and its capital.
Also called necking.

Origin:
1655–65; < F, deriv. of gorge throat; see gorge 1
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neck   (něk)   
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.
neck·ing   (něk'ĭng)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Necking

Neck"ing\, n. Same as Neckmold.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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