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necking en · NOUN

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  1. (countable, uncountable) A behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.
    • Necking helps young male giraffes test which one has a stronger neck. 2005, Barbara Keevil Parker, Giraffes, page 26:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A neckmould.
  3. (countable, slang, uncountable) Chugging beer.
    • For Lent, he gave up necking and cigarettes.
  4. (countable, slang, uncountable) Making out; kissing profusely, especially on the neck.
    • However one of the girls in answer to our questions explained that at the end of the ceremony the men and women participants are quite free to pair off for what she called “necking”. 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 74:

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shotgunning

wikidata: Q13389820

necking en · VERB

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  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of neck
    form of neck