neck

Pronúncia: nɛk
    noun
  1. Anatomy [also of animal] coll.
  2. [of bottle] coll, broc.
  3. Geography istme.
  4. Sewing coll, escot.
  5. [of guitar, violin] coll.
  6. to race neck and neck córrer per parelles.
  7. neck or nothing o tot o res.
  8. to fall neck and crop caure de cap.
  9. to beat someone neck and crop guanyar fàcilment a algú.
  10. to be up to one’s neck [in work] estar fins al coll de feina.
  11. to be in something up to one’s neck estar molt ficat en un assumpte.
  12. to break one’s neck trencar-se el coll.
  13. to break someone’s neck trencar-li a algú el coll.
  14. she fell on his neck se li va penjar al coll.
  15. to get it in the neck colloquial pagar els plats trencats, carregar-se-les.
  16. to have someone breathing down one’s neck ser seguit de prop per algú.
  17. to stick one’s neck out arriscar-se, gosar manifestar una opinió.
  18. to win by a neck guanyar per un coll.
  19. to wring a hen’s neck tòrcer-li el coll a una gallina.
  20. he’s a pain in the neck és un pesat, és un paparra.
    21. intransitive verb
  21. colloquial acaronar-se, petonejar-se.