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chicken-neck

/ˈtʃɪk.ɪnˌnɛk/

chicken-neck verb: to catch crabs using chicken necks as bait.

Verb

chicken-neck (third-person singular simple present chicken-necks, present participle chicken-necking, simple past and past participle chicken-necked)

  1. To catch crabs using chicken necks as bait.
    • There are many other ways of catching crabs, including chicken-necking (a sure sign of a come-here), and traps or pots.1997, William H. Turner, Chesapeake Boyhood: Memoirs of a Farm Boy, page 189

Forms of chicken-neck

third-person singular presentchicken-necks
present participlechicken-necking
past participlechicken-necked
pastchicken-necked

Questions about chicken-neck

What does chicken-neck mean?
Chicken-neck means to catch crabs using chicken necks as bait.
What part of speech is chicken-neck?
Chicken-neck is a verb.
How do you pronounce chicken-neck?
Chicken-neck is pronounced /ˈtʃɪk.ɪnˌnɛk/.
What is the past tense of chicken-neck?
The past tense of chicken-neck is chicken-necked.

Words near chicken-neck in the dictionary

  1. chicken-house
  2. chicken-houses
  3. chicken-in-a-basket circuit
  4. chicken-liver
  5. chicken-livered
  6. chicken-neck
  7. chicken-necked
  8. chicken-necking
  9. chicken-necks
  10. chicken-or-egg question
  11. chicken-or-egg questions

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