Definition of "neck"

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.

1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, page 5

Shorty throw neck like a geeseShe make me speak Portuguese

2016, “Pimptations”, performed by Smino

She drop neck for a check and a paystub

2018, “Florida Thang”, in The South Got Something To Say, performed by Pouya

The person with 'the neck' stands in the centre, grasping it with both his hands

1837, R. A. R., The Everyday Book, page 1169

"The neck" is generally hung up in the farmhouse, where it remains for two or three years.

1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 7, page 266

Molly had been in love with Sick Boy since he necked with her in a seedy disco-bar in Leith a few weeks ago. Sick Boy had made a drunken point about HIV transmission and to illustrate it had spent most of the night french-kissing her.

1994 , Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, page 326

Actually, mostly I swan around in my silver sports car, necking drugs, and feeling sorry for myself.

2005, Stephen Price, Monkey Man, page 146

In the dim light, punters sit sipping raspberry-flavoured Tokyo martinis, losing the freestyle sushi off their chopsticks or necking Asahi beer.

2006, Sarah Johnstone, Tom Masters, London

The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.

2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, archived from the original on 8 April 2019

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.

2007, John H. Bickford, Introduction to the Design and Behavior of Bolted Joints, page 272