neck

IPA: nˈɛk

(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
(botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
(music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
(engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
(architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
(geology) A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
(firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
(figurative) A person's life.
(informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
(slang) Fellatio
(now historical) A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
(folklore) A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.

(transitive, slang) To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
(intransitive, informal, chiefly US) To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
(transitive, slang) To drink or swallow rapidly.
(intransitive) To decrease in diameter.

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