neck
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminateTo hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
» I have a pain in my neck.
У меня шея болит.
У меня боли в шее.
У меня боль в шее.
У мене болить шия.
Мені болить шия.
Meaning
4 senses(slang, transitive)To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
Go neck yourself.
hängen, erhängen, würgen
(US, informal, intransitive)To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
knutschen, sich küssen, sich lieben
(slang, transitive)To drink or swallow rapidly.
schlucken, saufen, stürzen
(intransitive)To decrease in diameter.
- kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
Examples
580 sentencesI have a pain in my neck.
У мене болить шия. — deniko
ruУ меня шея болит. — marafon
There's something on your neck.
У тебе щось на шиї. — deniko
ruНа твоей шее что-то есть. — Lenin_1917
deSie haben da etwas am Hals. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My neck hurts a little.
У мене трохи болить шия. — deniko
ruМоя шея слегка болит. — Isgandar
deMein Nacken tut ein bisschen weh. — pullnosemans
Tom has a long neck.
У Тома довга шия. — deniko
ruУ Тома длинная шея. — marafon
deTom hat einen langen Hals. — wolfgangth
Tom kissed Mary on the neck.
Том поцілував Мері у шию. — deniko
ruТом поцеловал Мэри в шею. — marafon
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English nekke, nakke, from Old English hnecca, *hnæcca (“neck, nape”), from PrFrom Middle English nekke, nakke, from Old English hnecca, *hnæcca (“neck, nape”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”).
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Forms
necks, necking, necked, neckedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
19 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- in the neck
- broke his neck
- neck of the