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thickneck

thickneck noun: a thuggish enforcer; a goon.

Noun

thickneck (plural thicknecks)

  1. A thuggish enforcer; a goon.
    • At 58.9K, he'd be handing over practically nine thousand dollars a year to California and to the county for the privilege of being shaken down by these thicknecks. And the shittiest thing of it was, he never had a problem with paying taxes.1996, Michael Drinkard, Disobedience, page 64
    • Shady looking thicknecks accompany the businessmen and other types. These gentlemen, who require no assistance whatsoever to disembowel any potential troublemaker, are the right-hand men of the modern-day Russian bosses.2002, Peter Konecny, Gogol's Ghost, page 131
  2. An onion that fails to develop a bulb.

Forms of thickneck

pluralthicknecks

Origin of thickneck

thick + neck

Questions about thickneck

What does thickneck mean?
Thickneck means a thuggish enforcer; a goon.
What part of speech is thickneck?
Thickneck is a noun.
What is the plural of thickneck?
The plural of thickneck is thicknecks.

Words near thickneck in the dictionary

  1. thickleaf
  2. thicklier
  3. thickliest
  4. thicklips
  5. thickly
  6. thickneck
  7. thicknecks
  8. thickness
  9. thickness planer
  10. thickness planers
  11. thicknessed

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