Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a neck or neckline of a specified kind. Often used in combination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a neck of a kind indicated: generally used in composition, as in long- necked, stiff- necked.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition.
- adjective (Naut.) Cracked; -- said of a treenail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in combination Having some
specific type ofneck - adjective nautical, archaic
Cracked . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
neck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a neck or having a neck especially as specified (often used in combination)
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Examples
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Why not a 444 Marlin necked down to 40 or 357 cal?
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Why not a 444 Marlin necked down to 40 or 357 cal?
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His open necked shirt is uber-sexy, but my eyes were drawn to Billie.
Just because...here is a lovely photo of David and Billie schmoozing... rabid1st 2009
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And the dog knew its death in that clutch, and when the man moved on, was left broken-necked under the stars.
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Sometimes seen feeding alongside vultures at carcasses is the longer-necked and larger-headed crested caracara (Polyborus plancus), a hawk with distinctive markings.
Did you know? Mexico's vultures have very different eating habits. 2009
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His open necked shirt is uber-sexy, but my eyes were drawn to Billie.
Doctor Who Smattering of Spoilers rabid1st 2009
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In his stiff-necked pride, Mr. Burroughs runs a hazard more humiliating to that pride than any amount of kinship with the other animals.
The Other Animals 2010
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"They told me you were stubborn-necked, but I have obeyed commands."
Chapter 11 2010
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Before she leaves, Stefan tells her to gear a high necked sweater, but Elena reveals the almost healed wounds.
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He was a powerfully built man, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, with sinewy wrists and toil-distorted hands.
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