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neckneck2 verb [intransitive usually in progressive] informal VERB TABLEneck |
Present | I, you, we, they | neck | | he, she, it | necks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | necked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have necked | | he, she, it | has necked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had necked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will neck | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have necked |
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Present | I | am necking | | he, she, it | is necking | | you, we, they | are necking | Past | I, he, she, it | was necking | | you, we, they | were necking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been necking | | he, she, it | has been necking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been necking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be necking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been necking |
- Jemma found her friends necking in the back of the car.
- He reverted to the stage of church camp necking.
- On these drives, they usually end up parking somewhere, only to neck and stuff, according to Fifi.
- Samantha starts necking Bob, and then starts necking me.
- The two kids stayed by the doors, necking.
- They went out in the backyard and necked with us.
- We started necking on the sofa, and she undressed, and suggested the bedroom.
when two people kiss each other► kiss · They kissed briefly, then he left the house.· They were on the sofa, curled up together, kissing. ► snog British informal if two people, especially young people, snog , they kiss each other for a long time in a sexual way - used especially humorously: · Frances left the two of them snogging in a dark corner and went back to the dance floor.· Who's that guy snogging Fiona? ► neck informal if two people, especially young people, are necking , they are kissing and touching each other in a sexual way: · Jemma found her friends necking in the back of the car. ► smooch informal if two people are smooching , they are kissing and holding each other in a romantic way: · In the semi-darkness, couples were smooching to sentimental love-songs.· The sales manager and the boss's wife were smooching in full view of everyone. ► an albatross (around your neck)- The project became a financial albatross for the city.
- But what began as an enlightened innovation has become an albatross around the neck of the free enterprise system.
- Their wingspan exceeds that of an albatross.
► put your head/neck on the block► be breathing down somebody’s neck- I'm already really busy today, and now Paul's breathing down my neck saying he wants the Paris deal completed.
- I can't work with you breathing down my neck.
- We'd better start sending out those letters soon -- I've had the sales manager breathing down my neck about it all week.
- He would be breathing down your neck all the time.
- Labour and the Liberal Democrats are breathing down his neck.
- Maybe the Assistant Commissioner's wife was breathing down Maxham's neck.
- The staff is breathing down your neck.
► a millstone round/around somebody’s neck- This particular heritage may be a millstone around the neck of scientific natural history.
► be a pain (in the neck)- Carla can be a pain sometimes, but she's been a good friend to me.
- Everyone thinks he's a pain in the neck.
- It's such a pain to have to drive downtown.
- Little brothers are such a pain in the neck!
- I hate the IVs, they hurt and are a pain.
- I imagined myself traveling the world, giving succor wherever there was pain and suffering.
- Instead all she could feel was pain.
- Just the starting it is a pain and the tipping it to get it started is a pain.
- She felt her strength returning, but there was pain in her eyes, chest and throat.
- When I entered it, I was pained with the cold.
► rick your back/neck► save somebody’s skin/neck/bacon► by the scruff of the neck- It just caught me by the scruff of the neck and practically hammered my guts out.
- One had hold of the other by the scruff of the neck and had fetched blood.
- Three were dragged back on to the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car.
- Your eyes narrow against the claws gripping you by the scruff of the neck until you let your hook of anger go.
► stick your neck out- Look, I'll stick my neck out and say it'll be finished by tomorrow evening.
- The evidence is good, but I won't stick my neck out until all the data is in.
- And many economists are reluctant to stick their necks out.
- He'd stuck his neck out all right, but not as much as he'd led Holman to believe.
- I want to stick my neck out and help her.
- It was a place for people who wanted to stick their necks out.
- Let Bixby stick his neck out for once, he thought as he stared wearily at his folded hands.
- She listened to his ideas, had even stuck her neck out to champion some of his more radical plans.
- So I have decided to stick my neck out and to make some predictions for the next 30 years.
- You don't have to stick your neck out in meetings.
► I’ll wring somebody’s neck- When Dean gets home, I'm going to wring his neck.
► wring something’s neck if two people are necking, they kiss for a long time in a sexual way—necking noun [uncountable] |