neck
verb/nek/
/nek/
(usually be necking)
[intransitive] (old-fashioned, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they neck | /nek/ /nek/ |
| he / she / it necks | /neks/ /neks/ |
| past simple necked | /nekt/ /nekt/ |
| past participle necked | /nekt/ /nekt/ |
| -ing form necking | /ˈnekɪŋ/ /ˈnekɪŋ/ |
- when two people are necking, they are kissing each other in a sexual wayWord OriginOld English hnecca ‘back of the neck’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nek ‘neck’ and German Nacken ‘nape’.
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