necking

Related to necking: petting

neck

1. noun, informal Brazen, impudent, or insolent boldness; nerve. Primarily heard in UK. I can't believe he had the neck to demand a raise, right there in the middle of the meeting! You've got some neck, talking to me like that! The neck of you—how dare you imply something so horrid!

2. verb, informal To kiss and caress (someone) in an amorous manner. It's a popular spot for high school kids to park their cars and neck in the back seat. I caught him necking Julie in the supply closet yesterday.

3. verb, informal To drink (something, especially alcohol) very quickly. Primarily heard in UK. You're going to make yourself sick if you keep necking your pints like that. I had to neck my coffee and race out the door in order to catch my bus.

neck down

1. To drink something very quickly, especially in a single gulp. A noun or pronoun can be used between "neck" and "down." The bartender did his last call, so we necked down our drinks and ordered one last round. I hate having to neck my coffee down like that!

2. To alter the diameter of a case in order to hold a smaller caliber bullet. The .308 Winchester can be necked down to accept a variety of different bullets, depending on what you plan to hunt.

neck up

To alter the diameter of a case in order to hold a larger caliber bullet. I neck .284 Winchester brass up to use with 7.5mm bullets.

neck with (one)

old-fashioned slang To kiss and caress one passionately and for an extended period of time. The cars parked in "Lover's Lane" are filled with high school students necking with their boyfriends and girlfriends. If you hadn't been so busy necking with that guy, you might have realized we were all leaving the club!

necking knob

dated A rounded knob mounted to the steering wheel of a car so that it can be steered with one hand. So called because the driver (typically male) is able to place their arm around their romantic partner. My grandfather gave me his old Cadillac, which still had the necking knob on the wheel from when he first started courting my grandmother.

neck

in. to cuddle and kiss. (Always in reference to lovers or boy-girl relationships.) There are some teenagers in the back room, necking.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

necking knob

A swivel on a car's steering wheel. The necking knob enables the driver to steer with his left hand while encircling his girlfriend's shoulder with his right arm. Even when the driver was alone, the knob was an easy way to turn the car in the days before power steering.

词组	necking
释义	necking Related to necking: petting neck 1. noun, informal Brazen, impudent, or insolent boldness; nerve. Primarily heard in UK. I can't believe he had the neck to demand a raise, right there in the middle of the meeting! You've got some neck, talking to me like that! The neck of you—how dare you imply something so horrid! 2. verb, informal To kiss and caress (someone) in an amorous manner. It's a popular spot for high school kids to park their cars and neck in the back seat. I caught him necking Julie in the supply closet yesterday. 3. verb, informal To drink (something, especially alcohol) very quickly. Primarily heard in UK. You're going to make yourself sick if you keep necking your pints like that. I had to neck my coffee and race out the door in order to catch my bus. neck down 1. To drink something very quickly, especially in a single gulp. A noun or pronoun can be used between "neck" and "down." The bartender did his last call, so we necked down our drinks and ordered one last round. I hate having to neck my coffee down like that! 2. To alter the diameter of a case in order to hold a smaller caliber bullet. The .308 Winchester can be necked down to accept a variety of different bullets, depending on what you plan to hunt. See also: down, neck neck up To alter the diameter of a case in order to hold a larger caliber bullet. I neck .284 Winchester brass up to use with 7.5mm bullets. See also: neck, up neck with (one) old-fashioned slang To kiss and caress one passionately and for an extended period of time. The cars parked in "Lover's Lane" are filled with high school students necking with their boyfriends and girlfriends. If you hadn't been so busy necking with that guy, you might have realized we were all leaving the club! See also: neck necking knob dated A rounded knob mounted to the steering wheel of a car so that it can be steered with one hand. So called because the driver (typically male) is able to place their arm around their romantic partner. My grandfather gave me his old Cadillac, which still had the necking knob on the wheel from when he first started courting my grandmother. See also: knob, necking Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. neck in. to cuddle and kiss. (Always in reference to lovers or boy-girl relationships.) There are some teenagers in the back room, necking. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions necking knob A swivel on a car's steering wheel. The necking knob enables the driver to steer with his left hand while encircling his girlfriend's shoulder with his right arm. Even when the driver was alone, the knob was an easy way to turn the car in the days before power steering. See also: knob, necking Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: neck necked have some neck have the brass (neck) to (do something) have the nerve to (do something) have the nerve to do something brazen out Where does (one) get the nerve? have the neck to do something have the (brass) neck to (do something)
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