NECKING
ADJECTIVES
► AT IT kissing and cuddling → 19C sl.
► NECK-HAPPY liking to ‘neck’ → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► BIT OF SLAP AND TICKLE sexual foreplay, necking → 1910s sl.
► BOODLING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BOTTLENECKING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BUSH PATROL a session of necking and petting → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CATCHING MONK necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CRUSH PARTY a ‘petting party’ → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DARK-SETTING necking or petting in complete seclusion at night → 20C Amer. prison sl.
► GOOING IT necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HACKING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HASHING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEAVY-PETTING kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation → 20C US colloq.
► HECTOR’S PECKING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOMEWORK necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MAKE a session of romantic kissing or petting; necking; hence, an attempted seduction; sexual aggression → 1968 Amer. sl.
► MONKING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOON-TANNING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOUSING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MUGGING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NECK the act of kissing and cuddling → 1965 US students’ 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 → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► ROTTEN-LOGGING necking, courting → 1931 Amer. dial.
► SCHMOOZING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMASHING kissing or necking → 1965 US teen sl.
► SMOOGING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMOOZLING ► SNOOZLING necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STUDY OF ANATOMY IN BRAILLE necking → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► BUNDLE BUNNY a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHIN-UP GIRL a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► COUCH LIZARD one who necks on a couch with his girl → 1954 Amer. sl.
► CUDDLE CAT a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► CUDDLE COOKIE a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► GIRAFFE one who necks → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GOO BALL a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► HOT CAKE a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► MUGBUG a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► MUSHER a person who kisses and cuddles → 1945 US sl.
► NECKER a person who engages in necking, or kissing and cuddling → 1922 US sl.
► NECKERCHIEF a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SAUSAGE a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SCROWGE a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SHARE CROP a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► SMOOCH DATE a girl who ‘necks’ → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► COME ON, CHUBBIN’, START MUGGIN’ let’s neck → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COME ON, GOON, WANNA SPOON? let’s neck → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LET’S MONK, PUNK let’s neck → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LET’S MOUSE, LOUSE let’s neck → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLING THE MUGGIN’ TO ME, CHUBBIN let’s neck → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
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.
► GRAB ON to neck → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► 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 ► 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 students’ 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.
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