necker
necker noun: someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
Noun (1)
necker (plural neckers)
- Someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
- "A nice girl like you! A girl who has always prided herself on her fastidiousness. A girl who could never understand how other girls in her set could make themselves cheap and let themselves be pawed about—Ugh!" said Conscience witheringly. "Necker!"
Ann shuddered.
"Yes, Necker!...1931, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Big Money', Herbert Jenkins: London, page 195. - We all ate at the Liberty Grill, and then Bernice and I drove her family's Pontiac upriver, to a hill overlooking Tongue Point, where plenty of neckers were fogging up the windows.2008, Don Malarkey, Bob Welch, Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II
- "A nice girl like you! A girl who has always prided herself on her fastidiousness. A girl who could never understand how other girls in her set could make themselves cheap and let themselves be pawed about—Ugh!" said Conscience witheringly. "Necker!"
Noun (2)
necker (plural neckers)
- Someone or something with a certain type of neck.
Noun (3)
necker (plural neckers)
- A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.
- Our uniform is a green Scout shirt with the Group necker, woggle and badges. The Group necker is half blue, half yellow and worn so that the blue part is on the left, nect to the membership badge.2010, Tom Dyer, Welcome to Scouting: An introduction to Scouting at the 1st Dinas Powys Scout Group for new Scouts and their parents, →ISBN, page 25
- It was only as they were doing that that I realised I hadn’t done my own necker. It was as crumpled as it had been when I had taken it off at bedtime. I slipped my woggle off and gave the necker to the Patrol Leader to do.2014, Glynis Dunnit, Girls Scout for Boys, Academy Incorporated Limited, →ISBN, page 48
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Necker
Necker (countable and uncountable, plural Neckers)
- A surname from French.
- A small island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, United States, named after Jacques Necker; in full, Necker Island.
- Synonyms:
- Necker Island, Mokumanamana
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Necker
Necker
- An island of the British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom in the West Indies, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean, named after Jonathan de Neckere; in full, Necker Island.
- Synonyms:
- Necker Island
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Necker
Necker (plural Neckers)
- A surname from German.
Synonyms of necker
- Necker Island
- Mokumanamana
Forms of necker
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | neckers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Neckers |
Origin of necker
From neck + -er, from the verb.
From neck + -er, from the noun.
Clipping of neckerchief.
Words formed from necker
Phrases with necker
Questions about necker
- What does necker mean?
- Necker means someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
- What part of speech is necker?
- Necker can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of necker?
- The plural of necker is neckers.
Words near necker in the dictionary
Source and license
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