Reverse Dictionary: NE – NED

NEAR – adjectives
– AIM of distance, etc.: near, close …1790 Eng. dial.
– BAINSOME near at hand …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– GAIN-HAND near to, close at hand, adjacent; easily reached, convenient …1796 Eng. dial.
– GAINISH somewhat near …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAIN-OF-HAND near to, close at hand, adjacent; easily reached, convenient …1796 Eng. dial.
– GAINY near, short …1691 Eng. dial.
– INNERLY in a state of near neighbourhood …Bk1902 Sc.
– NEAR AS DAMMIT very close or near indeed …1908 colloq.
– NEAR AS PEAS very near …1909 Amer. dial.
– NEAR-HAND near, neighbouring, close at hand …1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEAR-HAND BY near, hard by …1789 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NESSARY † near, convenient …1691 Eng. dial.
– NIGH AS PEAS very near …1909 Amer. dial.
– PROPINQUANT * near, neighbouring, adjacent …1633
– QUEME † fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close …a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
near – adverbs, prepositions
– ALL AROUND near, close to …1938 Amer. dial.
– ANEAR close by, near …1893 Ireland & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– ANEARST near, close to …1790 Eng. dial.
– ANEAST near, near to …1746 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ANENT against, near, in proximity to …1857 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– ANEWST of place: near, hard by …1691 Eng. dial.
– ANIGH close or near …1630s
– ANIGHST near, near to; generally used with verb of motion …1850 Eng. dial.
– ASIDEN beside, near …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ASIDES of place: beside, near …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BAIN conveniently near, handy …a1700 N. Eng. dial.
– BESIDES † close by, near …c1205
– GAINISH near to, nearly, almost …1890 Eng. dial.
– IMEZ near …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JAM very near; close, hard up against …1912 Amer. dial.
– JAM UP very near; close, hard up against …1837 Amer. dial.
– NEARABOUT near, close to …1871 Sc.
– NEAR-HAND † near, hard by, close at hand, close by …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEAR-POINTS extremely near …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEWST near, hereabout …1881 Eng. dial.
– NIGHABOUT close by, near by, in the vicinity …1884 Amer. dial.
– OFF AGAINST opposite, in front of, near …1946 Amer. dial.
– ONFAST † near, close on …c1200
– SNUG BY near by …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
near – nouns
– ADJACENCE †* the state of lying near …1605
– VOISINAGE † the act of being neighbouring or near …1665
near – verbs
– APPROPINQUE †* to draw near to, to approach …1663
– BE AT INCHES WITH to be very near …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– PROPINQUATE †* to approach, to draw near to …1623
– SUCCEED †* to come up or near to; to approach …1596
– VICINATE †* to lie near to, to be next to, to adjoin …1638
near – phrases
– ALWAYS AROUND LIKE A PICKED UP DINNER easily at hand …Bk1913 Amer. dial
– FAST AND SNELL near, towards, in a straight line …1895 Sc.
 
NEARBY – adjectives
– WITHIN COOEE nearby, close …1836 Aust. sl.
 
NEARER – adjectives
– NEDDHERMER nearer …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NETHER nearer, next …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
nearer – adverbs 
– NEARDER nearer …1867 Eng. dial.
– NEARER-HAND nearer, closer …1893 Sc. & Eng. dial.
nearer – nouns 
– PROXIMIORITY † the fact of being nearer; greater proximity …1720 nonce word
 
NEAREST – adjectives
– NEARMOST nearest …1570 Eng. dial.
– NEIST nearest, nighest, next …1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
nearest – adverbs 
– NEARDEREST nearest …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEARDERMOST nearest; only used when personal contact is implied …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEARDEST nearest …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEARMOST nearest, next …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEARTHEST nearest …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
nearest – nouns
– NEAR-HAND GATE the nearest way …1827 Eng. dial.
 
NEARLY – adverbs
– ANEAR nearly …B1900 Eng. dial.
– ANEARLY nearly …B1900 Eng. dial.
– ANEWST of manner or degree: nearly, approximately, about …1691 Eng. dial.
– ANIGHST nearly, almost …1882 Eng. dial.
– ARGH insufficiently; not fully or enough; nearly, approaching to …Bk1898 Sc.
– DIN-A-LITTLE within a little, nearly …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– EENAMOST almost, nearly …1781 Amer. dial.
– EENY MOST almost, nearly …1946 Amer. dial.
– ENYMOST almost, nearly …1834 Amer. dial.
– FAIRLEENS almost, very nearly, not quite …1896 Sc.
– FAST very nearly …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GAIN nearly, almost; pretty, tolerably; very, quite …Bk1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– GAINISH near to, nearly, almost …1890 Eng. dial.
– HAFFLINS half, partially; nearly …1808 Sc.
– HALF nearly, almost …M19 sl.
– HALFLINS half, partially; nearly …1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HALF-NEAR nearly, almost …1968 Amer. dial.
– HALLENS half, partially; nearly …1808 Sc.
– HAVLINS half, partially; nearly …1808 Sc.
– HOAFLINS half, partially; nearly …1808 Eng. dial.
– INJIST almost, very nearly …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JUST NEEN almost, nearly …1865 Eng. dial.
– MIGHT NIGH very nearly, almost …1944 Amer. dial.
– MUCH-WHAT pretty nearly, more than somewhat …1899 Amer. dial.
– NARLINS nearly, almost …1790 Eng. dial.
– NATHELY nearly …1873 Eng. dial.
– NATURAL very nearly; almost …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NEAR-ABOUT nearly, almost …1871 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEAR-AWAYS nearly, almost …1884 N. Ireland
– NEAR BY nearly, almost …1815 Sc.
– NEAR HAND † nearly, almost …a1300 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEARLINGS nearly, almost …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEARST almost; nearly …1896 Eng. dial.
– NERLINS nearly, almost …1790 Sc.
– NEWST nearly, almost, pretty much …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NIGHABOUT nearly, almost …1857 Amer. dial.
– NIGHLY nearly, almost …1843 Amer. dial.
– NIGH ONTO nearly, almost …1843 Amer. dial.
– NIGH UPON nearly, almost …1871 Amer. dial.
– NIGHWHAT †* almost, nearly …c1290
– PLUMB NEAR almost, nearly ….1965 Amer. dial.
nearly – verbs
– MISS MASS BUT HIT THE GATHERING to nearly do something …Bk1905 N. Ireland
 
NEARNESS – nouns
– ADMOTION †* a bringing into contact, nearness …1603
– NEAR-HANDNESS nearness; a short distance …Bk1905 Sc.
 
NEAT – adjectives
– APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect …20C US sl.
– CLASSY stylish, fine, neat, trim …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DANDY characteristic of a dandy; affectedly neat, trim. or smart …1813
– DAPPER neat, trim, smart in dress or appearance …LME
– DEFT pretty; neat …1671 Eng. dial.  
– DENK neat, nice, finely dressed …1721 Sc.
– DIMPSEY † neat, smart …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce …1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– DINKY small and neat; trim; dainty, cute …L18 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– FARRANDLY of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy …1790 Eng. dial.
– FARRANTLY of persons: decent, respectable; neat, tidy …1790 Eng. dial.
– FEASIBLE 1. of things: neat, tidily made …c1779 Sc.
2. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable …1820 Sc.
– FEAT † neat in form or appearance, pretty, elegant …a1471 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
– FEAT-BODIED † having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce …1750
– FEATISH † elegant, neat …1530
– FEATY † neat, pretty …1621
– GEMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– GIM † smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty …1513 obs. exc. Eng dial.
– GIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat …1864
– IN KELTER orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– IN PRINT very neat and orderly …Bk1902 Eng. dial.
– JAM neat, smart, spruce …Bk1896 sl.
– JEMMY † spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– JIMMY † spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous …1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– JIMP neat in attire, tidy; spruce; slender, elegant …a1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MACK † neat, tidy …1825
– MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose …1822 Sc.
– MACKY neat, tidy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat …1879 Eng. dial.
– MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order …1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NABBY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one’s station …1879 Sc.
– NABITY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one’s station …Bk1903 Sc.
– NACKETY 1. compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking …1756 Sc.
2. finicky, fond of neatness …1818 Sc.
– NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1916 Amer. dial.
– NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– NATTERLY neat, natty …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NATTLY neat, natty …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– NATTY neat, stylish, tidy …1557 colloq.
– NEAT AS A BANDBOX as neat as may be …Bk1902 colloq.
– NEAT AS A FLEA small and neat …1940s Aust. sl.
– NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NEAT AS A NEW PIN as neat as may be …Bk1902 colloq.
– NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NEAT AS NINEPENCE as neat as may be …1884 colloq.
– NEAT AS WAX as neat as may be …Bk1902 colloq.
– NEAT, BUT NOT GAUDY, AS THE DEVIL SAID WHEN HE PAINTED HIS BOTTOM RED AND TIED UP HIS TAIL  WITH SKY-BLUE RIBBON spick and span; ‘fresh as a daisy’ …1887 sl.
– NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1951 Amer. dial.
– NET * of things: neat, smart …1637
– NETTY †* neat, natty …1573
– NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned …1965 Amer. dial.
​- NIFTY neat, stylish, conspicuous …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY childishly exact, affectedly neat …1817 Sc.
– NOPPY tidy, neat …1877 Eng. dial.
– NUNTY precise in dress, neat, trim, dapper …1856 Eng. dial.
– PENSY † tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat …a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical …1887 Sc.
– PERNICKETY very neat and clean …1967 Amer. dial.
– POISON-NEAT extremely neat …1877 Amer. dial.
– PRUNK neat, smart, pretty …1892 Sc.
– QUEEM close-fitting, filled up to an even level; neat, fit …1820 Sc.
– QUEME † of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy …a1300
– RACKED UP neat, smartly turned out …1950s sl.
– REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order …1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– RED-HANDED active, neat …1820 Sc.
– SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLICK orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPINORTIC neat, trim, stylish …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SPONORTIC neat, trim, stylish …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SPOONEY orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SPRUNNY neat, spruce, smart …1733 Eng. dial. 
– TASTY neat, natty; with dainty habits; attractive; agreeable …1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely …1685 arch. or Eng. dial.
– TONY stylish, neat …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat …1838 Amer. dial.
neat – nouns  (includes NEATNESS)
– DANDY anything superlatively fine, neat, or dainty …1837-40 sl. or colloq.
– JEMMINESS spruceness, neatness, trimness …1756
– MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom …1867 Eng. dial.
– NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness …colloq.
neat – person 
– BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy …1980s US campus sl.
– DAG a person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners, and lacks style and sophistication …20C Aust. sl.
– MR. CLEAN an obsessively neat and prudish man …1960s US sl.
– NACKET a small, undergrown, neat person …1808 Sc.
– NACKETY one neat in person and work …B1900 Sc.
– NATTY a neatly smart or spruce person …1818
– NEATNIK a neat person …1959 sl., chiefly US
– PARCHEKA † a neat person …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– PARROCK a small, neat person; a little dandy or doll …1880 Sc.
– WALLET a neat person of small stature; often used as a term of endearment …1866 Sc. 
neat – verbs
– BESMARTEN to make smart or neat …Bk1911 Sc.
– GUSSY UP to clean or make neat …20C Amer. sl.
– MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up …1859 Eng. dial.
– MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order …1889 Eng. dial.
– NEAT * to make neat …1581
– NEATIFY † to make neat; to purify …1601 rare or obs.
– PRUNK to make oneself smart and neat; to dress neatly; generally used with ‘up’ …B1900 Sc.
– READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order …1864 Amer. dial.
– SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat …M19 US sl.
– TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat …1895 Eng. dial.
 
NEATLY – adverbs
– DINKLY neatly …1828 Sc.
– FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly …a1300 arch.
– GASH trimly, neatly, so as to have a good appearance …1806 Sc.
– HANDSOMELY * with becoming or elegant action; in good style, neatly, elegantly …1582
– JEMMILY neatly, trimly …1837
– NETLY †* neatly, smartly …1577-87
– QUEEM exactly, neatly, snugly …1710 Sc.
– QUEMELY † in a pleasing, agreeable, or becoming manner; neatly, gently, smoothly …c1380
– TIGHTLY † 1. deftly, neatly; cleverly, dexterously; properly, correctly …1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
2. neatly, tidily, smartly …1825-9
 
NEATNESS – nouns
– APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness …L18
– FEATISHNESS † neatness …1530
 
NEBRASKA – person
– BUG-EATER a resident of Nebraska …1872 Amer. dial.
– OMAHOG a resident of Omaha, Nebraska …1876 US jocular
 
NECESSARILY – adverbs
– BEHOVEFULLY † usefully, profitably, duly; necessarily …1443
– BEHOVELY † usefully, needfully, necessarily …c1430
– FAINS of necessity; necessarily …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– NECESSARLY necessarily …1566 Sc.
– NEED † of necessity, necessarily …c893
– NEEDFULLY * necessarily, upon compulsion or constraint; urgently, pressingly …a1340
– NEEDILY †* necessarily …1577-87
– NEEDLING † necessarily …a1225
– NEEDLINGS † necessarily; of necessity …a1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
– NEEDLY † necessarily …1303
– NEEDS COST † necessarily …c1385
– NEEDSLY † necessarily …c1449
– NEEDWAYS † necessarily; by necessity …a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
NECESSARY – adjectives
– BEHOOVEFUL useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due …1382 arch.
– BEHOVEFUL advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due …1382 arch.
– BEHOVELY † useful, profitable; needful, necessary …c950
– EQUINECESSARY † needful in an equal degree; equally necessary …1663
– NECESS †* necessary …1456
– NECESSAIRE †* necessary …c1374
– NECESSAR necessary …c1375 Sc.
– NECESSARIOUS †* necessary …c1386
– NECESSITABLE †* subject to necessity …1673
– NECESSITOUS † necessary, requisite …1742
– NEEDCESSITOUS necessary, needful …1839 Sc. 
– NEEDSOME † marked by necessity; necessary …c1650
– NEEDY necessary, required …1487 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
– NESESSE †* necessary …1456
– SINE QUA NON indispensable, absolutely necessary or essential …1615
– WANTING † needful, requisite, necessary …1756
necessary – nouns
– GANG WATER (enough money for) the bare necessaries of life …1949 Sc.
– NECESSARINESS * the fact of being necessary; indispensability, necessity …1551
– NECESSARS † necessary things …1596 Sc. rare or obs.
– NEEDFUL a necessary thing …1856
– NEEDFUL, THE what is necessary or requisite …1709
– NEEDFULS necessaries …1863 Sc.
– NEEDING †* a necessary act …c1475
– NEEDMENTS things needed; necessaries; personal requisites carried as luggage …1590
– PLEMENT †* something necessary to make a thing complete; an essential or important constituent part …1632
– QUORUM †* necessary materials …1650
– SKIPPESON †* equipment, provision of necessaries …1444
necessary – verbs
– BEHOOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to …1154
– BEHOVE † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to …1154
– DO ONE’S DO to do what is necessary; to do what one must do …20C US sl.
​- DO ONE’S NEEDS to do that which is necessary …1896 Sc.
– SET ONE UP WITH SALT to provide the necessaries of life for one …1881 Sc.
 
NECESSITATE – verbs
– NECESS †* to compel, to necessitate …c1374
– NECESSITE † to necessitate …1600
– NECESSITY * to necessitate …1817
– NEEDCESSITATE † to force, to necessitate …1700 Sc.
 
NECESSITATED – adjectives
– NECESSITAT † necessitated, compelled …1631 Sc.
 
NECESSITOUS – adjectives
– NEEDFUL * of persons: needy, necessitous …a1175
– WANTING † lacking in money or necessaries of life, needy, necessitous …a1616 now rare or obs.
 
NECESSITY – adjectives
– NECESSITATE compelled by necessity …1700 Sc. 
– NECESSITATED † of persons or their condition: reduced to necessity or want …1646
– NECESSITIED †* brought into necessity …1601
necessity – adverbs
– NECESSARILY † by force of necessity; unavoidably …1488-9
– NECESSITIVELY †* by necessity …1647
– NEED-GATES † of necessity …c1375
– NEEDINGS †* of necessity …a1300
– NEEDLINS of necessity; advisedly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
necessity – nouns 
– BARE BONE ESSENTIALS necessities, as food, toiletries, etc. …Bk1995 US sl.
– COMPUSHENCY necessity; compulsion …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– DAYLIGHT bare necessities …Irish sl.
– NECESS †* necessity …a1460
– NECESSARINESS * the fact of being necessary; indispensability, necessity …1551
– NECESSITUDE †* 1. a necessity of something …1677
* 2. need, necessity …1839
– NEED-BE * an essential or necessary reason; a necessity; something compulsory, indispensable, or requisite …1728
– NEEDCESSITIES necessities of life …1885 Sc.
– NEEDCESSITY necessity, a state of need …1706 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– NEEDMENT a necessity …1930 Amer. dial.
– NEEDS-BE a necessity; an expediency …1727 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– NEPUSHENCY necessity, push, and urgency …1934 Amer. dial.
– NESSIPUSHETY necessity, push, and urgency …1942 Amer. dial.
– OCCASION needs, necessities …1822 Sc.
– TIE obligation, moral compulsion; necessity; constraint, burden, care …1724-32 Eng. dial.
– WOODCHUCK CASE a situation of necessity, one in which there is no choice, as a marriage that takes place because a baby is on the way …1862 Amer. dial.
necessity – verbs
– FATALIZE to render subject to fate or inevitable necessity …1876
 
NECK – adjectives
– HALSED † having a neck …1536
– THRAWN IN THE NECK stiff-necked …1898 Sc.
neck – nouns 
– CANEL † the neck …c1340
– COUSINS curly hair on the back of the neck …1982 Bahamas sl.
– DART a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck …1966 Amer. dial.
– GANDER-NECK a long neck …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– GOOZLE the throat; the gullet; the windpipe; the neck …1883 Amer. dial.
– HALSE the neck …a1000 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– HATTREL † the crown of the head; also, the nape of the neck; the neck …a1325
– KENNEL † the neck …c1532
– KITCHEN the nape of the neck; the hair at the nape of the neck, esp. when knotted or kinky; a knot or tangle of hair, esp. at the nape of the neck …1974 Amer. dial.
– NAVER the nape of the neck …a1838 Sc.
– NEB the neck …1535 sl.
– NECK-PIECE †* the neck …1605
– NIDDICK the nape of the neck; the whole head or skull …1558 Eng. dial.
– OH, BY HECK the neck …1930s US rhyming sl. ​
– QUICK a sudden, sharp pain; a crick in the neck …1965 Amer. dial.
– RAXED-NECK the neck of a person who has been hanged …1824 Sc.
– RUSTY NECK a stiff neck …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SCRIFF the scruff of the neck …Bk1904 Sc.
– SCRITCH a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck …1969 Amer. dial.
– THRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck …1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– THROPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck …1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– TRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck …1796 Sc.
– UNAVOIDABLE WRECK the neck …1930s rhyming sl.
– UPPER DECK the neck …1944 US rhyming sl.
– YAWP the nape of the neck …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
neck – person
– GALDROCH † a greedy, long-necked, ill-shaped person …1824 Sc.
neck – verbs 
– PUT A THRAW IN A NECK to wring it …1892 Eng. dial.
– SCRAG to seize by the neck; to throttle; to break the neck …1884 Eng. dial.
– THROW to twist; to wreath, to wind; to wrench, to sprain; to wring the neck; to turn a key; to torture, esp. by twisting a cord round the head …1641 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
NECKERCHIEF – see KERCHIEF
 
NECKING – adjectives
– AT IT kissing and cuddling …19C sl.
– NECK-HAPPY liking to ‘neck’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
necking – nouns 
– BIT OF SLAP AND TICKLE sexual foreplay, necking …1910s sl.
– BOODLING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– BOTTLENECKING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– BUSH PATROL a session of necking and petting …Bk2006 US sl.
– CATCHING MONK necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– CRUSH PARTY a ‘petting party’ …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– DARK-SETTING necking or petting in complete seclusion at night …20C Amer. prison sl.
– GOOING IT necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– HACKING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– HASHING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– HEAVY-PETTING kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation …20C US colloq.
– HECTOR’S PECKING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– HOMEWORK necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression …1968 Amer. sl.
– MONKING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MOON-TANNING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MOUSING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– MUGGING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– PASSION PIT a drive-in movie where a considerable amount of ‘necking’ is supposed to take place; any place where necking takes place …M20 US sl.
– PETOLOGY necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– ROTTENLOGGING necking and petting …E20 US sl.
– SCHMOOZING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SMOOGING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SMOOZLING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SNOOZLING necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– STUDY OF ANATOMY IN BRAILLE necking …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
necking – person 
– BUNDLE BUNNY a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– CHIN-UP GIRL a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– COUCH LIZARD one who necks on a couch with his girl …1954 Amer. sl.
– CUDDLE CAT a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– CUDDLE COOKIE a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– GIRAFFE one who necks …Bk1934 college sl.
– GOO BALL a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– HOT CAKE a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– MUGBUG a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– NECKERCHIEF a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– SAUSAGE a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– SCROWGE a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– SHARE CROP a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
– SMOOCH DATE a girl who ‘necks’ …Bk1942 US sl.
necking – verbs 
– BOONDOCK to park and ‘neck’ …1950 Amer. dial.
– CALOOP to neck, to pet …1942 Amer. sl.
– CANOE to have sexual intercourse; to kiss and caress, esp. intimately; to neck …1954 Amer. dial.
– EAT FACE to engage in passionate kissing of the mouth and face; to neck  …1968 US students’ sl.
– GROUSE to neck; to pet and kiss; to engage in lovemaking …1958 US sl.
– HACK to engage in amorous play or sexual activity; to neck, pet, or spoon; to kiss …1943 Amer. sl.
– LALLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court …1869 Amer. dial.
– LOLLYGAG to make a public show of affection, to kiss, to neck, to flirt; to make love; to court …1868 Amer. dial.
– MAUL to have a very passionate petting session …L19 US campus sl.
– MONK to neck, to engage in sexual activity …1950s US sl.
– PARK of a teenage couple: to park in a secluded spot for petting, and, possibly, sex …1920s US sl.
– SCRUMP to neck; to have sexual intercourse …1980s US college sl.
– SPOON to pet or neck …E19 US colloq.
necking – phrases
– COME ON, CHUBBIN’, START MUGGIN’ let’s neck …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– COME ON, GOON, WANNA SPOON? let’s neck …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– LET’S MONK, PUNK let’s neck …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– LET’S MOUSE, LOUSE let’s neck …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– SLING THE MUGGIN’ TO ME, CHUBBIN let’s neck …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
NECKLACE – nouns
– BALDRIC † a chain for the neck; a necklace …1530
– CARCAN † an ornamental collar or necklace …1539
– CARCANET an ornamental collar or necklace, usually of gold or set with jewels …c1530 arch.
– CARKET † an ornamental collar or necklace …a1500
– DOG COLLAR a tight-fitting necklace; a choker necklace …1903 UK sl. ​​
– DUKEY ROPE a gold chain necklace …1989 US sl.
– NEGLIGEE a necklace formed of irregular beads …1841
 
NECKTIE – see TIE
 
NECTAR – adjectives
– NECTAREAL * of the nature of or resembling nectar …1652
– NECTAREAN * of the nature of or resembling nectar …1624
– NECTAREL †* like nectar; fragrant …1648
– NECTAREOUS consisting of or resembling nectar …1708
– NECTARIAN * of the nature of or resembling nectar …1658
– NECTARIOUS * consisting of or resembling nectar …1841
– NECTAROUS resembling nectar …1667
nectar – nouns
– BEE-WINE nectar of a flower …1818
 
NECTARINE – nouns
– NEPKIN a nectarine …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– SANDY BAY PEACH a nectarine …20C S. Afr. street vendors’ usage