neck

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engleză

(English)

Etimologie

Din engleza medie nekke, care provine din engleza veche hnecca < proto-germanică *hnakkô.

Pronunție


Substantiv

neck, pl. necks

  1. (anat.) gât, grumaz; (p. ext.) ceafă
    She broke her neck in the accident.
  2. (despre îmbrăcăminte) guler
  3. (fig.) gât (de sticlă etc.)
  4. (muz.) partea extinsă a unui obiect muzical, gât (de vioară etc.)
  5. (geogr.) craterul unui vulcan, coș vulcanic

Sinonime

  • 5: volcanic neck, lava neck, volcanic plug

Cuvinte derivate

  • hindneck
  • neckband
  • neckcloth
  • neckerchief
  • necklace
  • necklet
  • neckler
  • neckline
  • necktie
  • neckless
  • neckyoke
  • neckwear

Cuvinte compuse

  • neck ring

Expresii

  • be up to one's neck
  • break one's neck
  • get it in the neck
  • neck and neck, neck-and-neck
  • neck of the woods
  • stick one's neck out
  • win by a neck


Verb


Conjugarea verbului
to neck
Infinitiv to neck
Prezent simplu
pers. 3 sg.
necks
Trecut simplu necked
Participiu trecut necked
Participiu prezent necking
  1. a strangula, a sugruma
  2. (în SUA) a se săruta, a se îmbrățișa, a se dezmierda, a se mângâia
    Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
  3. a bea repede

Sinonime

  • 1: strangle
  • 2: French kiss, grope, make out, pet, snuggle, smooch, snog

Cuvinte derivate

  • necking

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