neck

verb

necked; necking; necks

transitive verb

1

: to kiss and caress amorously

2

: to reduce in diameter

intransitive verb

1

: to engage in amorous kissing and caressing

2

: to become constricted : narrow

Examples of neck in a Sentence

The young lovers necked on the park bench.

They were necking in the corner of the room.

Recent Examples on the Web

Lined gloves or fuzzy headbands will help stave off the cold and keep your hands, ears, and neck nice and toasty. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2026

The top three keywords that were most applied on the collection were black, eveningwear and high-necked. —Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025

These structures provide support to your back and neck and help improve your overall posture. —Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 18 Mar. 2025

Maggie had been necked to a younger dog named Barney. —Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing neck

• break one's neck
• breathe down one's neck
• breathe down someone's neck
• bull neck
• cowl-neck
• crew neck
• dead from the neck up
• ewe-neck
• get it in the neck
• neck and neck
• neck-deep
• neck gaiter
• neck of the woods
• neck-rein
• pain in the neck
• polo-neck
• ring-neck
• risk one's neck
• roll-neck
• save someone's bacon/hide/neck/skin
• scoop neck
• stick one's neck out
• strain one's neck
• up to one's neck in
• V-neck
• wring someone's neck

Rhymes for neck

• beck
• breck
• check
• cheque
• czech
• deck
• fleck
• keck
• mech
• peck
• reck
• sec

Kids Definition

neck

noun

ˈnek

1

: the part of the body connecting the head and the main part of the body

2

: the part of a garment covering or nearest to the neck

3

a

: something like a neck in shape or position

the neck of a bottle

a neck of land

b

: the part of a tooth between the crown and the root

necked

ˈnekt

adjective

Medical Definition

neck

noun

ˈnek 

1

a

: the usually narrowed part of an animal that connects the head with the body

specifically : the cervical region of a vertebrate

b

: the part of a tapeworm immediately behind the scolex from which new proglottids are produced

2

: a relatively narrow part suggestive of a neck: as

a

: a narrow part of a bone

the neck of the femur

b

: cervix sense 2

c

: the part of a tooth between the crown and the root