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The correct spelling is necks.
How to pronounce necks
noun
Say it like: Nek-s
The correct spelling is necks. The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. For example: "Giraffes have long necks."
Usage Examples
“Giraffes have long necks.”
“a neck forming the journal of a shaft”
“to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- 2.The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- 3.The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- 4.The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- 5.The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
verb
- 1.To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
- 2.To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
- 3.To drink rapidly.
- 4.To decrease in diameter.
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