neck in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
neck in Sindhi سنڌي
neck in English
- neck⇄adj. neckless.
- neck⇄expr. get (catch, take) it in the neck, to be hard hit (by something); be severely reprimanded or punished.
Ex. Unfortunately, it is the public who is getting it in the neck (New Yorker). - neck⇄expr. neck and crop, bodily; completely; altogether.
Ex. His application was indignantly opposed, sternly put to the vote, and thrown out neck and crop (Manchester Guardian). - neck⇄expr. neck and neck,
a. abreast.
Ex. The race started with the horses nearly neck and neck.
b. running equal or even in a race or contest.
Ex. Neck and neck with the Poujadiste gains were those of the hard-running Communists (Ne - neck⇄expr. neck or nothing, venturing all.
Ex. Cabs are all very well in cases of expedition, when it's a matter of neck or nothing (Dickens). - neck⇄expr. risk one's neck, to put oneself in a dangerous position.
Ex. The rescuers risked their necks to save the lost mountain climbers. - neck⇄expr. stick one's neck out, (Informal.) to put oneself in a dangerous or vulnerable position by foolish or zealous action.
Ex. He ... has been fired for sticking his ignorant ... neck out too far (Sunday Times). - neck⇄expr. talk through (the back of) one's neck, (Especially British Slang.) to talk nonsense; blather.
Ex. That braggart is just talking through his neck. - neck⇄expr. up to one's neck, (Informal.) deeply taken up; thoroughly involved.
Ex. The host tends to look like a rather important civil servant up to his neck in an awkward piece of long-term diplomacy (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - neck⇄expr. win by a neck,
a. to win a horse race by the length of a head and a neck.
Ex. Capeador ... won by a neck from Social Outcast (New Yorker).
b. to win by a close margin.
Ex. In his race for the city council, he won by a neck - neck⇄neck, noun, verb.
- neck⇄noun necker.
- neck⇄noun 1. the part of the body that connects the head with the shoulders. The neck contains vital passages for breathing, blood supply to the head, and ingestion of food, and includes the uppermost part of the spinal column.
2. the part of a garment - neck⇄v.i. (U.S. Slang.) to kiss and caress; embrace.
- neck⇄v.t. 1. to cut or snatch off the head of (a fowl).
2. (U.S. Slang.) to kiss and caress (a person).