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  • 61neck —  1. n. Impudence. Also brass neck Shameless impudence.  2. v. Embrace amorously.  3. get it in the neck Be severely reprimanded. Suffer unpleasant blow.  4. break one s neck Hurry.  5. by a neck Narrowly.  6. talk through (the back of) one s neck …

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  • 62Neck knife — A Neck knife is a small fixed blade knife which is carried by means of a pendant rig , in which the knife is suspended from around one s neck, handle down, by either a length of paracord or, more commonly, a breakaway beaded or ball chain such as …

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  • 63neck — {{11}}neck (n.) O.E. hnecca neck, nape, back of the neck (a fairly rare word) from P.Gmc. *khnekkon the nape of the neck (Cf. O.Fris. hnekka, M.Du. necke, Du. nek, O.N. hnakkr, O.H.G. hnach, Ger. Nacken neck ), with no certain cognates outside… …

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  • 64neck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. channel, isthmus, strait, pass; cervix; constriction, narrow ing; scruff, nape. See narrowness, convexity, connection. v. i., slang, make love, pet, make out (inf.), smooch (inf.). See endearment. II… …

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  • 65neck — n. & v. n. 1 a the part of the body connecting the head to the shoulders. b the part of a shirt, dress, etc. round or close to the neck. 2 a something resembling a neck, such as the narrow part of a cavity or vessel, a passage, channel, pass,… …

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  • 66neck — noun 1》 the part of a person s or animal s body connecting the head to the rest of the body. 2》 a narrow connecting or end participle     ↘the part of a bottle or other container near the mouth.     ↘a narrow piece of terrain or sea. 3》 the… …

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  • 67neck — [[t]nɛk[/t]] n. 1) anat. zool. the part of the body that connects the head and the trunk 2) the part of a garment encircling, partly covering, or closest to the neck; neckline 3) the slender part near the top of a bottle, vase, or similar object… …

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  • 68neck — nek n. part of a body (of a man or animal) between the shoulders and the head; part of a garment that covers or surrounds the neck; cut of meat from the neck of an animal; long opening in the top of a bottle; insolence (Slang) v. (Slang) kiss and …

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  • 69Neck dissection — Intervention ICD 9 CM 40.4 MeSH …

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  • 70Neck — (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other… …

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