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Necking
Necking can refer to:
Making out, a term for heavy kissing of the neck or petting of that area
Necking (engineering),
Necking, a behavior of giraffes
Necking up or necking down, methods of modifying a firearm cartridge to make a wildcat cartridge
Noun
PL
neckings
SUF
-ing
A
behavior
among
male
giraffes
where they
hold
combat
for
social
dominance
using
their
necks
as
weapons
.
(
architecture
) A
neckmould
.
(
slang
)
Chugging
beer
.
for Lent, he gave up
necking
and cigarettes
(
slang
)
Making out
;
kissing
profusely
,
especially
on the
neck
.
Verb
present participle
of
neck
.
Meaning of
necking
for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "necking" is a
noun
, more specifically, a
countable noun
and a
singularia tantum
. It's also a
verb
, more specifically, a
verb form
.
Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
Nouns
Countable nouns
Singularia tantum
Uncountable nouns
Verbs
Verb forms
Participles
Present participles
Definiteness: Level 1
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Definite ➨ Versatile
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