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neck
noun
    1. The part of the body between the head and the shoulders.
    2. The part of a garment at or covering the neck.
    3. A narrow part; a narrow connecting part.
      Example: joined to the mainland by a neck of land
    4. horse-racing.
      A head-and-neck's length; a small margin.
      Example: won by a neck
    5. The meat from the neck of an animal.
    6. colloq
      Impudence; boldness.
verb
    tr & intr
    necked, necking
    1. slang
      To hug and kiss amorously.
Idiom: get it in the neck
    colloq
    To be severely rebuked or punished.
Idiom: neck and neck
    Said of competitors in a race or election, etc: exactly level.
Idiom: neck or nothing
    Risking everything.
Idiom: risk one's neck
Idiom: save one's or someone's neck (save one's or someone's skin)
Idiom: stick one's neck out
Idiom: up to one's neck in something
    colloq
    Deeply involved in (especially a troublesome situation); busy; preoccupied.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hnecca.




nothing
noun
    1. No thing; not anything.
      Thesaurus: not anything, naught, zip (US slang), zilch (slang).
    2a. Zero number or quantity;
    2b. The figure 0 representing this.
    3a. Very little;
    3b. Something of no importance or not very impressive;
      Thesaurus: trifle, bagatelle.
    3c. No difficulty or trouble.
    4. An absence of anything.
      Thesaurus: nothingness, non-existence, inexistence, non-being, nullity, extinction, oblivion, null, obliteration, annihilation, naught.
adverb
    1. Not at all.
      Example: nothing daunted
Derivative: nothingness
    The state of being nothing or of not existing.
      Thesaurus: void, nihility, nonexistence, nullity, oblivion, vacuum, blank, hollowness.
    Emptiness.
    Worthlessness.
      Thesaurus: worthlessness, insignificance, pettiness, unimportance, smallness.
    A thing of no value.
Idiom: be nothing to something
    To be much less than it; to be trivial compared with it.
      Example: That's nothing to what I saw
Idiom: be nothing to do with someone or something
    To be unconnected with them.
    To be of no concern to them.
Idiom: come to nothing
    To fail or peter out.
Idiom: for nothing
    Free; without payment or personal effort.
      Example: You can have it for nothing
      Thesaurus: gratis, without cost, free, unencumbered.
    For no good reason; in vain.
      Example: all that work for nothing
      Thesaurus: in vain, for naught, unnecessarily, emptily.
    derog
    Because it is so obvious that you should know.
      Example: I'll tell you that for nothing
Idiom: have nothing on
    To be free; to have no engagement.
    To be naked.
Idiom: have nothing on someone or something
    colloq
    To have no information about them.
      Example: Local police had nothing on him till now
    colloq
    To be not nearly as good, beautiful, skilled, etc as them.
      Example: She has nothing on her sister
Idiom: have nothing to do with someone or something
    To avoid them.
    To be unconnected with them.
    To be of no concern to them.
Idiom: like nothing on earth
    Grotesque.
    Frightful.
Idiom: make nothing of someone or something
    Not to understand them or it.
Idiom: mean nothing to someone
    To be incomprehensible to them.
    To be of no importance to them.
Idiom: nothing but ...
    Usually said of something unwelcome: only; merely.
      Example: nothing but trouble
Idiom: nothing doing
    An expression of refusal.
    No hope of success.
Idiom: nothing for it but to ...
    No alternative except to ....
      Example: nothing for it but to own up
Idiom: nothing if not ...
    Primarily, above all, or very ....
      Example: nothing if not keen
Idiom: nothing like ...
    By no means ....
      Example: nothing like good enough
Idiom: nothing like someone or something
    Not at all like them or it.
Idiom: nothing much
    Very little.
Idiom: nothing short of something (less than something)
    Downright; absolute.
      Example: They were nothing less than criminals
    Only.
      Example: will accept nothing less than an apology
Idiom: nothing to it (nothing in it)
    Straightforward; easy.
Idiom: think nothing of something
    To regard it as normal or straightforward.
    To feel no hesitation, guilt or regret about it.
      Example: thinks nothing of leaving the dog alone all day
Idiom: think nothing of it
    It doesn't matter; there is no need for thanks.
Idiom: to say nothing of something
    As well as it; not to mention it.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.



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