[nɛk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body
(e.g: she is wearing a silk scarf around her neck)

- a narrow connecting or end part of something

- the length of a horse's head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race
(e.g: Dolpour won by a neck from Wood Dancer)


Phrases:
- break one's neck to do something
- get it in the neck
- have the neck to do something
- neck and neck
- neck of the woods
- up to one's neck in

Origin:
Old English hnecca ‘back of the neck’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nek ‘neck’ and German Nacken ‘nape’

[nɛk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- swallow (something, especially a drink)
(e.g: after necking some beers, we left the bar)

- (of two people) kiss and caress amorously
(e.g: we started necking on the sofa)

- form a narrowed part at a particular point when subjected to tension
(e.g: the nylon filament necks down to a fraction of its original diameter)


Phrases:
- break one's neck to do something
- get it in the neck
- have the neck to do something
- neck and neck
- neck of the woods
- up to one's neck in

Origin:
Old English hnecca ‘back of the neck’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nek ‘neck’ and German Nacken ‘nape’