neck : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a cut of beef from the neck of the animal
  

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• noun aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
  Naja nigricollis; spitting cobra.
  

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• noun small grebe with yellow ear tufts and a black neck; found in Eurasia and southern Africa as well as western United States
  eared grebe; Podiceps nigricollis.
  

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• noun stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
  Himantopus mexicanus.
  

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• noun large mostly white Australian stork
  jabiru; policeman bird; Xenorhyncus asiaticus.
  

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• the East Indian jabiru.

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• noun a thick short powerful neck
  

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Bull"-necked` adjective

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1. Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. Sir W. Scott.

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• noun a plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters
  crew neckline.
  

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Deer"-neck` noun

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1. A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.

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Ewe"-necked` adjective

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1. Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.

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• anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast.

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• adjective satellite (of a garment) having a high neckline
  
  • a high-necked blouse

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• noun a clam that is usually steamed in the shell
  steamer; steamer clam; soft-shell clam.
  
• noun an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe
  steamer; steamer clam; soft-shell clam; Mya arenaria.
  

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• adjective satellite (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline
  decollete; low-cut.
  
  • a low-cut neckline

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Low"-necked` adjective

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1. Cut low in the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress.

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• completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once. Colloq.

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• adjective satellite inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
  nip and tuck; head-to-head.
  
  • as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
  • the election was a nip and tuck affair
• adverb even or close in a race or competition or comparison
  nip and tuck; head-to-head.
  
  • the horses ran neck and neck
  • he won nip and tuck

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• (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side.

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• noun one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region
  cervical vertebra.
  

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• noun a brace worn to steady the neck
  

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• noun exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles
  

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• . (Arch.) See Gorgerin.

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• (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech.

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• the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.

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• (Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown.

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• noun a surrounding or nearby region
  neighborhood; vicinity; neighbourhood; locality.
  
  • the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
  • it is a rugged locality
  • he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
  • I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods

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• noun an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck
  neck.
  

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• (Fig.), at all risks.

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• noun a high tight collar
  ruffle; choker; ruff.
  

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• noun edible thymus gland of an animal
  throat sweetbread.
  

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• . (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc. Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.

  These words, "bread and cheese," were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently put to death. Fuller.

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• . (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's shoulders .

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• adjective satellite deeply involved
  neck-deep; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
  
  • neck-deep in work
  • up to their necks in debt

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• immediately after; following closely. "Commiting one sin on the neck of another." W. Perkins.

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• noun a bothersome annoying person
  nuisance; pain.
  
  • that kid is a terrible pain
• noun something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
  annoyance; pain in the ass; pain; infliction; bother; botheration.
  
  • washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer
  • a bit of a bother
  • he's not a friend, he's an infliction

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• noun a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
  turtle; turtleneck.
  

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• noun a high close-fitting turnover collar
  turtleneck collar.
  

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• noun large stocky grebe of circumpolar regions having a dark neck
  Podiceps grisegena.
  

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Ring"-necked` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.

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• (Zool.), an American scaup duck (Aythya collaris). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead, ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.

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• noun African parakeet
  Psittacula krameri.
  

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• noun common pheasant having bright plumage and a white neck ring
  Phasianus colchicus.
  

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• noun any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
  ringneck snake; ring snake.
  

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• noun going about to look at places of interest
  sightseeing.
  

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Scrag"-necked` adjective

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1. Having a scraggy neck.

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• a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain.
• obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. "I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck." Deut. xxxi. 27.

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• adjective satellite haughtily stubborn
  
  • a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin

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Stiff"-necked` adjective

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1. Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. Ex. xxxii. 9.

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• noun any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
  swanflower; swan orchid; swanneck; swan-flower.
  

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• to dislocate the joints of the neck.

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• to destroy the main force of. "What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules... breaks the neck of their own cause." Milton. = break the back of

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• to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious. Neh. ix. 17.

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• to oppress; to tyrannize over.

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• adjective satellite deeply involved
  neck-deep; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
  
  • neck-deep in work
  • up to their necks in debt

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• adjective satellite deeply involved
  neck-deep; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
  
  • neck-deep in work
  • up to their necks in debt

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• adjective satellite deeply involved
  neck-deep; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
  
  • neck-deep in work
  • up to their necks in debt

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• adjective satellite deeply involved
  neck-deep; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
  
  • neck-deep in work
  • up to their necks in debt

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• adjective satellite deeply involved
  neck-deep; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
  
  • neck-deep in work
  • up to their necks in debt

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• adjective satellite deeply involved
  neck-deep; up to their necks; up to his neck; up to my neck; up to her neck; up to our necks.
  
  • neck-deep in work
  • up to their necks in debt

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• noun the neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V
  

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