# necking

Pronunciation: say "NEK-ing" /ˈnɛkɪŋ/

## Noun

1. Prolonged, affectionate kissing and caressing, especially around the neck. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Kissing and cuddling someone for a long time, often around the neck.
   - _An hour of necking on the couch left them both flushed and giddy._
   - _Her parents disapproved of the necking they spotted through the car window._
3. Combat between male giraffes in which they use their necks as weapons to establish social dominance.
   - Simple: A fight between male giraffes that swing their long necks to hit each other for dominance.
   - _Researchers filmed an intense session of necking between two dominant bulls._
   - _Necking allows male giraffes to establish dominance through repeated blows._
4. Quickly drinking down a beer in one continuous go. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Drinking a whole glass or can of beer very fast without stopping.
   - _The contest rewarded the fastest necking of a pint._
   - _His reckless necking of cheap beer always ended badly._
5. A molding encircling the top of a column shaft, marking where it meets the capital.
   - Simple: A ring-shaped molding around the top of a column, where the shaft meets the capital.
   - _The architect specified a carved necking beneath each capital._
   - _Restorers cleaned the weathered necking on every column in the colonnade._

## Verb

2. Present participle of neck. — present participle and gerund of neck
   - Simple: Present participle of neck. Use this -ing form for an action happening now or still going on.
   - _The teenagers were necking behind the gym after class._
   - _She caught her roommate necking with a stranger on the porch._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/necking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).