Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Architecture A molding between the upper part of a column and the projecting part of the capital.
- n. Informal The act or practice of amorously kissing and caressing.
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- v. Present participle of neck.
- n. A behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.
- n. A neckmould.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Same as neckmold.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In arch., the hypophyge or moldings often intervening between the projecting part of the capital of a column and the vertical part or shaft, as the annulets of the Doric capital: often used as a synonym of neck, though strictly a column may have a neck, but no necking. See cuts under capital and column.
- n. A neckhandkerchief or necktie.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
- n. the molding at the top of a column
Etymologies
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Examples
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A small (1/2 BLOCKQUOTE square) park near our house, known during the rest of the week as a favorite for necking, is transformed into a magic wonderland of food (raw and cooked), clothing, furniture and junk.
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It appears for the first time as an architectural decoration in a fragment of sculptured necking from the archaic Temple of
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As Groucho noted: "Whoever named it 'necking' was a poor judge of anatomy."
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He was interrupted in 'necking' bullets, for they were cast in a mold and left a little protuberance where the run left off.
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Little did I imagine that the gathering would turn into a red-hot "necking" party!
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A pseudoscientific chart from Sex Respect, a fear-based abstinence curriculum, depicts how male genitalia become aroused during "necking," while female genitalia lag behind until "petting."
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Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," never found out what was the matter with old Jane Gallagher, a girl he got close to "necking" one summer in Maine.
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The lower court also found that that Crown did not infringe Rexam's beverage can "necking" patent.
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We're actually not sure if that 'necking' part was actually in McCartney's answer or not.
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Or you can throat him real fast and nasty, necking him with a bunch of spit and shit-talking.
bilby commented on the word necking
"Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy."
- Groucho Marx.
December 24, 2007