NECK
ADJECTIVES
► CRANE-NECKED having a long neck → 1834
► HALSED having a neck → 1536 obs.
► THRAWN IN THE NECK stiff-necked → 1898 Sc.
NOUNS
► BUSHEL (AND PECK) the neck, the throat → 1979 UK rhyming sl.
► CANEL the neck → c1340 obs.
► CORD a contraction of the muscles of the neck → 1967 Amer. dial.
► COUSINS curly hair on the back of the neck → 1982 Bahamas sl.
► CRAG the neck → 1488 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CRAIGIE the neck → 1724 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CRANK a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CUFF OF THE NECK the fleshy part of the back of the neck → 1740 orig. Sc.
► DART a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GANDER-NECK a long neck → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► 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 obs.
► KENNEL the neck → c1532 obs.
► 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.
► MOLE the higher part of the back of the neck → 1873 Eng. dial.
► NAVER the nape of the neck → a1838 Sc.
► NEB the neck → 1535 sl.
► NECK-PIECE the neck → 1605 obs.
► NIDDICK the nape of the neck; the whole head or skull → 1558 Eng. dial.
► NUB the neck → 1674 sl.
► 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 → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SCRIFF the scruff of the neck → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRITCH a pain that strikes you suddenly in the neck → 1969 Amer. dial.
► SWIRE the neck → c888 obs.
► THRAPPLE ► THROPPLE ► TRAPPLE the windpipe; the throat; the neck → 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► UNAVOIDABLE WRECK the neck → 1930s rhyming sl.
► UPPER DECK the neck → 1944 US rhyming sl.
► YAWP the nape of the neck → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► GALDROCH a greedy, long-necked, ill-shaped person → 1824 Sc. obs.
VERBS
► CREEN to stretch and turn the neck, to ‘crane’ → 1944 Amer. dial.
► CRICK to twist or strain one’s neck or back, causing painful stiffness → 1850 colloq.
► CRINK to twist or strain one’s neck or back, causing painful stiffness → 1888
► GROUSE to neck; to pet and kiss → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► 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.
► TURTLE to stretch the neck forward like a turtle → 1909
► YOKE to grab around the neck → 1977 US sl.
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