necking
present participle ofneck
neck
verb[I]
old-fashionedinformaluk/nek/us/nek/neckverb[I](KISS)
tokissandholdapersonin asexualway
neckverb[I](DRINK)
UKinformal
todrinksomething,especiallyalcohol, veryquickly:
He's necked twobottlesofwinealready.
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Theneckingand bifurcation can be seen in figure 7 to be almost identical with the initial bifurcation.
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The pictures showed several of these young ladies in extraordinary trousers, and they also showed a bit of "necking" going on.
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Then you get down into this particular cellar, and in the dim light you can discern one or two couples sitting around doing nothing but a little harmless "necking".
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The plan calls for expanding warfighting capabilities, modernizing the force,neckingdown from eight to three aircraft types, and consolidating force structure where possible.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is particularly an issue in extensional-thinning polymers, where capillary failure orneckingcan cause separation of the melt before solidification.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theneckingis the continuation of the shaft, but is visually separated by one or many grooves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This combination of microstructures has the added benefits of higher strengths and resistance toneckingduring forming.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After aggressivenecking, it is common for two male giraffes to caress and court each other, leading up to mounting and climax.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition, when crazing occurs, one will typically not observenecking, or concentration of force upon one spot in a material.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She introduces him to the pleasures of illicit drinking, dancing at illegal roadhouses, andneckingin the back seats of cars.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Test using compression and tension showneckingof rock specimens while tests using wedge penetration show lip formation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A more involved process, known as "reducing" or "necking", allows a spun workpiece to include reentrant geometries.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The capital consists of aneckingwhich is of a simple form.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Microvoids grow during plastic flow of the matrix, and microvoids coalesce when adjacent microvoids link together or the material between microvoids experiencesnecking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Giraffes often find mates through a technique known asnecking.
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