Neck vs Knock - What's the difference?
neck | knock |
The part of 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.
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(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.
The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
(US) To make love; to snog; to intently kiss or cuddle.
To drink rapidly.
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To decrease in diameter.
* 2007 , John H. Bickford, Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints ,
An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood
An impact.
(figurative) criticism
* 2012 , Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]
(cricket) a batsman's innings.
(automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
(dated) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
(dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
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(ambitransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
(soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
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As nouns the difference between neck and knock
is that neck is the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals while knock is an abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.As verbs the difference between neck and knock
is that neck is to hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate while knock is (dated) to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.neck
English
(wikipedia neck)Noun
(en noun)- Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.
- a neck forming the journal of a shaft
Derived terms
* bottleneck * hindneck * neck and neck/neck-and-neck * neckband * neckcloth * neckerchief (from kerchief) * necklace * neckless * necklet * neckline * neck of the woods * neck ring * necktie * neckwear * neckyoke * polo neck, polo-neck * stick one's neck out * turtleneck * V-neckSee also
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- ''Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
- In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer.
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- Since this temperature would place the bolt in its creep range, it will slowly stretch, necking down as it does so. Eventually it will get too thin to support the weight, and the bolt will break.
Derived terms
* neckingSynonyms
* (kiss or cuddle intently ): French kiss, grope, pet, snuggle, smoochknock
English
Noun
(en noun)- I heard a knock on my door.
- He took a knock on the head.
- Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.
- He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
Verb
(en verb)- Knock on the door and find out if they're home.
- Master, knock the door hard.
- I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
- I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.
- "The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."
- Don't knock it until you've tried it.
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