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neck up

neck up verb: to increase the size of a cartridge's chamber and calibre.

Verb

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

  1. to increase the size of a cartridge's chamber and calibre.

Forms of neck up

third-person singular presentnecks up
present participlenecking up
past participlenecked up
pastnecked up

Questions about neck up

What does neck up mean?
Neck up means to increase the size of a cartridge's chamber and calibre.
What part of speech is neck up?
Neck up is a verb.
What is the past tense of neck up?
The past tense of neck up is necked up.

Words near neck up in the dictionary

  1. neck rings
  2. neck rule
  3. neck sweetbread
  4. neck sweetbreads
  5. neck tie
  6. neck up
  7. neck verse
  8. neck verses
  9. neck yoke
  10. neck yokes
  11. neck-and-neck

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