Definition of neck

"neck" in the noun sense

1. neck, cervix

the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

"he admired her long graceful neck"

"the horse won by a neck"

2. neck

a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

3. neck

a cut of meat from the neck of an animal

4. neck

a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form

"the banjo had a long neck"

"the bottle had a wide neck"

5. neck, neck opening

an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer a part of the garment near the wearer's neck

"neck" in the verb sense

1. neck, make out

kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

"The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"

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Quotations for neck

Her cap of velvet could not hold
The tresses of her hair of gold.
That flowed and floated like the stream.
And fell in masses down her neck. [ Longfellow ]

An evil conscience breaks many a man's neck. [ Proverb ]

Around the neck what dross are gold and pearl! [ Young ]

Neck or nothing, for the king loves no cripples. [ Proverb ]

Beads about the neck, and the devil in the heart. [ Proverb ]

Love's arms were wreathed about the neck of Hope,
And Hope kiss'd Love, and Love drew in her breath
In that close kiss and drank her whispered tales.
They say that Love would die when Hope was gone.
And Love mourned long, and sorrowed after Hope;
At last she sought out Memory, and they trod
The same old paths where Love had walked with Hope,
And Memory fed the soul of Love with tears. [ Tennyson ]

Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive,
Half wishing they were dead to save the shame.
The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow;
They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats,
And flare up bodily, wings and all. [ E. B. Browning ]

One may as soon break his neck as his fast at your house. [ Proverb ]

It looks as well as a diamond necklace about a sow's neck. [ Proverb ]

Nay, stay, quoth Stringer, when his neck was in the halter. [ Proverb ]

Rash presumption is a ladder which will break the mounter's neck. [ Proverb ]

On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. [ Hafiz ]

You are so tender, you dare not be hanged for fear of galling your neck. [ Proverb ]

If a louse miss its footing on his coat, it will be sure to break its neck. [ Proverb ]

As stout as a miller's waistcoat, that takes a thief by the neck every day. [ Proverb ]

If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own. [ Proverb ]

Her hair down-gushing in an armful flows, And floods her ivory neck, and glitters as she goes. [ Allan Cunningham ]

Thrice I attempted to throw my arms round her neck there, and her ghost, thrice clutched in vain, eluded my grasp. [ Virgil ]

Imagination is a mettled horse that will break the rider's neck when a donkey would have carried him to the end of his journey, slow but sure. [ Southey ]

Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

We cannot approach beauty. Its nature is like opaline dove's-neck lustres, hovering and evanescent. Herein it resembles the most excellent things, which have all this rainbow character, defying all attempts at appropriation and use. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Phaeton was his father's heir; born to attain the highest fortune without earning it; he had built no sun-chariot (could not build the simplest wheel-barrow), but could and would insist on driving one; and so broke his own stiff neck, sent gig and horses spinning through infinite space, and set the universe on fire. [ Carlyle ]

neck in Scrabble®

The word neck is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters neck:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word neck

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The 32 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In neck

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neck in Words With Friends™

The word neck is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters neck:

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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word neck

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The 35 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In neck

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Words within the letters of neck

2 letter words in neck (1 word)

4 letter words in neck (1 word)

neck + 1 blank (1 word)

Word Growth involving neck

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Longer words containing neck

bottleneck bottlenecked

bottleneck bottlenecks

breakneck

cowlneck cowlnecks

crewneck crewnecks

crookneck crooknecks

gooseneck goosenecked

gooseneck goosenecks

leatherneck leathernecks

neckband neckbands

neckchain neckchains

neckcloth neckcloths

necked bottlenecked

necked goosenecked

necked longnecked

necked rednecked

necked roughnecked

necked rubbernecked

necked shortnecked

necked stiffnecked

necked turtlenecked

necked widenecked

necker neckerchief neckerchiefs

necker roughnecker roughneckers

necker rubbernecker rubberneckers

necking roughnecking

necking rubbernecking

necklace necklaced

necklace necklaces

necklacing

neckless

necklike

neckline necklines

necks bottlenecks

necks cowlnecks

necks crewnecks

necks crooknecks

necks goosenecks

necks leathernecks

necks neckseal

necks neckstock neckstocks

necks ringnecks

necks roughnecks

necks rubbernecks

necks straightnecks

necks turtlenecks

necktie neckties

neckwear

ringneck ringnecks

roughneck roughnecked

roughneck roughnecker roughneckers

roughneck roughnecking

roughneck roughnecks

rubberneck rubbernecked

rubberneck rubbernecker rubberneckers

rubberneck rubbernecking

rubberneck rubbernecks

straightneck straightnecks

turtleneck turtlenecked

turtleneck turtlenecks