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Definitions: Necking |
NeckingNoun1. The molding at the top of a column. 2. Affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Electrical Engineering | The formation of the neck of a single crystal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | The sudden reduction in diameter occurring when an undrawn filament is stretched. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Reduction in area concentrated at the subsequent location of fracture when a ductile metal is stressed beyond its yeld point in tension. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: NeckingSynonyms: caressing (n), cuddling (n), fondling (n), gorgerin (n), hugging (n), kissing (n), petting (n), smooching (n), snuggling (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Endearment | Noun: endearment, caress; blandishment, blandiment; _panchement, fondling, billing and cooing, dalliance, necking, petting, sporting, sparking, hanky-panky; caressing. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Necking |
| English words defined with "necking": make out ♦ neck ♦ providentially, prudently. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "necking": necking down. (references) |
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Screenplays | Let joy be unconfined! Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. (A Night at the Opera; writing credit: James Kevin McGuinness; George S. Kaufman) | |
Clever | Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. (references; author: Groucho Marx) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Necking (1967) | |
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| "Necking" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Necking" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 87.5% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 12.5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "necking": necking down ♦ necking party. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "necking": necking-in, necking-off. | |
Ending with "necking": rubber-necking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
necking | 39 |
necking petting | 5 |
necking rubber | 3 |
giraffe necking | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "necking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | puthje (Buss, kiss, osculation, salute), përqafim (cuddle, embrace, hug), përkëdhelje (caress, endearment, fondling, Pat, stroke). (various references) | |
Arabic | معانقة (accolade), تقبيل (kiss, kissing, osculation), جس (feel, palpate, palpation, paw, pet, ply, probe, probing, touch). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | флирт (dalliance, flirtation), шийка (cervix, collar, gudgeon, neck), нежности (soft words), милувки. (various references) | |
Danish | tværsnitsforringelse, indsnoering (constricting, constriction, drawing down, necking down, self focusing), dannelse af krystalhals. (various references) | |
Dutch | samentrekking (constriction, elision, necking down, self focusing, striction), halsvorming, halsvormig verstrekken. (various references) | |
Finnish | kuroutuminen (necking down), kaulan muodostaminen. (various references) | |
French | striction (necking down), pelotage, formation du col, formation de ponts de frittage (neck formation), embrassade. (various references) | |
German | Verstreckungshals, Querschnittsverringerung, knutscherei (hanky panky, petting, smooching), knutschen (make out, neck, pet, petting, smooch, to smooch, to snog), Einschnürung (choke, constriction, gulch, neck, necking down, tank neck), Einschnüren (constricting, drawing down, necking down, tie up), Bildung der Verjüngung. (various references) | |
Greek | σχηματισμός λαιμού, νέκινγκ, δημιουργία λαιμού στο δοκίμιο εφελκυσμού (necking down). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מזמוז (flirtation, flirting, petting, softening), עלוסים (flirting, love play). (various references) | |
Hungarian | smárolás (snog). (various references) | |
Italian | strizione (necking down), formazione del collo, dimenzione a sezione trasversale. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ネオン管 (bottleneck, drip-dry, import restriction list, Is it so?, nack chain, Nebraska, neck, neckerchief, necklace, neckline, necktie, necktie pin, necrophilia, necrophobia, nector, negative, negative color, neglect, negligee, negotiation, Nelson, neon tube, nepenta, nephron, nephrosis, nepotism, Neptune, neptunium, Nescafe, -ness, nest, nest table, nesting, Nestle, net, net ball, Net citizen, net in, net play, net price, net score, netball falling in, netizen, net-mask, nettopology, network, network administration, networker, networking, Nevada, Never give up!, Never happen, Never mind, next, no carbon, no-iron, permanent snowpatch, Really?, several tables inside each other, tie, wash and wear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ネッキング . (various references) | |
Manx | nuiddraghys (caress, embrace, embracing, petting, sport, sport with girl), mwannalys (argument, contact). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eckingnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lenço do pescoço (neckcloth), garganta de coluna, formacao do pescoco, estiramento (attenuating, attenuation, drafting, drag, drawing, stretch), estiragem (drafting, drag, drawing, stretch), agarração. (various references) | |
Russian | выкружка колонны, обвязка колонны, обнимание, нежничанье (petting), поцелуи и объятия. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrat stuba, ljubakanje (kissing). (various references) | |
Spanish | formación del cuello, estricción (necking down, striction), estrangulamiento (constricting, constriction, drawing down, girdling), caricias (caresses, petting), besuqueo, abrazos amorosos. (various references) | |
Swedish | hångel. (various references) | |
Turkish | sarmaş dolaş olma. (various references) | |
Ukranian | обійми і поцілунки, милування. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự âu yếm (caress, cuddle, lovingness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "necking": neckings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "necking": bottlenecking, rubbernecking. (additional references) | |
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"Necking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fecking, Necci, Neckinger, Nelkin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-i-k-n-n" | |
-2 letters: eking, genic. | |
-3 letters: cine, geck, gien, gink, kine, king, neck, nice, nick, nine. | |
-4 letters: cig, eng, gen, gie, gin, ice, ick, ink, inn, keg, ken, kin. | |
-5 letters: en, in, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-i-k-n-n" | |
+1 letter: neckings, ringneck. | |
+2 letters: beckoning, cankering, nickeling, nickering, reckoning, ringnecks, sickening. | |
+3 letters: blackening, chickening, clinkering, dezincking, hackneying, henpecking, nickelling, quickening, reckonings, slackening, snickering, thickening. | |
+4 letters: blackenings, keypunching, kinescoping, kneecapping, linebacking, sickeningly, thickenings, unpuckering. | |
+5 letters: benchmarking, cockneyfying, interlocking, kneecappings, linebackings, misreckoning, schnorkeling. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 63 6B 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . -.-. -.- .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e c k i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0063 006B 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48716977758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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