Neck
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.
Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
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.
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.
the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
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.
To kiss and caress amorously.
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Neck Quotations
Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.
John Steinbeck
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
Mary Kay Ash
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Mary Kay Ash
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
Frederick Douglass
The closest I ever came to getting married was just before I started singing. In fact, my first record saved my neck.
Elvis Presley
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"
George Will
The drink? Yes, I've had tough times in my life, especially the last year, regarding my ex-wife, my kids, I nearly broke my neck, I was on death row with pneumonia.
Paul Gascoigne
The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
William James
My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap. I had to sit in silence for nine days, chalkboard around my neck. Like an old-school mime. Like a kid in the naughty corner. Like a Victorian mute.
Adele
I'm a giraffe. I even walk like a giraffe with a long neck and legs. It's a pretty dumb animal, mind you.
Sophia Loren
Neck Translations
neck in Afrikaans is nek, hals
neck in Danish is hals
neck in Dutch is nek, hals
neck in Finnish is kaula
neck in French is cou, kiki
neck in German is Hals, Hals, Genick, Nacken
neck in Italian is collo, collottola
neck in Latin is gutter, collum
neck in Norwegian is hals
neck in Spanish is cervical, cerviz, cuello
neck in Swedish is nacke, hals
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