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neck noun

  /nɛk/
  • (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
  • The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
  • The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
  • (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
  • (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
  • The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
  • (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
  • (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
 kaula
  • (figurative) A person's life.
 henki
  • A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
 kannas, niemi
  • The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
  • (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
 kaulus
  • (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
 potaska

neck verb

  /nɛk/
  • (transitive, slang) To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
 hirttää, kuristaa
  • (intransitive, informal, chiefly, US) To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
 kaulailla, lemmiskellä, vehdata
  • (transitive, slang) To drink or swallow rapidly.
 kitata, kulauttaa

necked adjective

  /nɛkt/
  • (in combination) Having some specific type of neck or neckline.
 -kaulainen
polo-neck
poolokaulus, poolopaita
albatross around one's neck
riippa, riippakivi
polo neck
poolopaita
neck and neck
rinta rinnan, ritirinnan
breathe down someone's neck
hengittää jonkun niskaan
stiff neck
jäykkä niska, niskan jäykkyys
stick one's neck out
vaarantaa itsensä
fall on someone's neck
heittäytyä syliin
neck gutter
kuvetaite
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