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How to pronounce “neck”

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Pronunciation guide for neck

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of neck with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Music is the InstrumentHe's paralyzed from the neck down, but before his accident,
Definition summary
(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

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How to pronounce neck

Music is the Instrument

He's paralyzed from the neck down, but before his accident,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “neck”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
  • The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
  • The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
  • The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
  • (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
  • (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
  • A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
  • (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
  • The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
  • (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
  • (geology) A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
  • (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
  • (figurative) A person's life.
  • (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
  • (slang) Fellatio
  • (now historical) A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, slang) To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
  • (intransitive, informal, chiefly US) To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
  • (transitive, slang) To drink or swallow rapidly.
  • (intransitive) To decrease in diameter.

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