Phrase Hound found 171 phrases and 140 compound words that contain neck. The most common are listed below. Open neck in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 171
- neck and neckVery close in progress, as in a race or a contest.
- pain in the neckSomeone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.
- neck of the woodsA local neighbourhood or region.
- Neck pain
- neck-guardAlternative form of neck guard.
- V-neckA V-shaped neckline on a garment such as a pullover, usually at the front of the garment.
- polo-neckA high collar covering the neck.
- neck jointΤhe junction where the neck (fretted or unfretted) meets the body of a stringed instrument.
- stiff neckDiscomfort or pain when trying to turn or move the neck.
- crew neckReferring to the collar of pullover garments and usually of sweaters and T-shirts, when [the collar] circles the neck.
- neck ringA metal ring worn around one's neck, used as jewelry.
- neck verseThe verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc.
- chicken-neckTo catch crabs using chicken necks as bait.
- pencil-neckA person with a very thin neck.
- Cow NeckA peninsula of Long Island.
- Reynolds NeckA locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.
- giving neckpresent participle and gerund of give neck
- long-neckAlternative form of longneck: A type of beer bottle with a long neck.
- Naked NeckA chicken of a particular breed that is naturally devoid of feathers on its neck and vent.
- neck deepAlternative spelling of neckdeep: Reaching up to the neck.
- neck ringsplural of neck ring: A metal ring worn around one's neck, used as jewelry.
- ring-neckHaving a colored ring or rings around the neck; said of animal species.
- roll-neckAlternative form of rollneck: A turtleneck sweater.
- side-neckAlternative spelling of sideneck: Ellipsis of side-necked turtle.
- brass neckGall, shamelessness, cheek.
Compound words 140
- necklaceAn article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
- redneckA poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
- bottleneckThe narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
- necktieA strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
- turtleneckA high, close-fitting collar, turned back on itself and covering all or most of the neck, on a sweater or similar garment.
- necklineThe line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.
- gooseneckAnything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
- breakneckDangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
- roughneckA labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled.
- neckerchiefA scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.