[
  {
    "word": "neck",
    "phonetic": "/n\u025bk/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/n\u025bk/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/neck-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1113652",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Giraffes have long necks."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a neck forming the journal of a shaft"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The gorgerin of a capital.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person's life.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A falsehood; a lie.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore",
            "synonyms": [
              "Neck",
              "N\u00e4cken",
              "nicor",
              "nix",
              "nixie",
              "nixy",
              "nokk",
              "nokken",
              "n\u00e4ck"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "Neck",
          "N\u00e4cken",
          "nicor",
          "nix",
          "nixie",
          "nixy",
          "nokk",
          "nokken",
          "n\u00e4ck"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Go neck yourself."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.",
            "synonyms": [
              "French kiss",
              "grope",
              "pet",
              "smooch",
              "smoodge",
              "snog",
              "snuggle"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To drink rapidly.",
            "synonyms": [
              "chug"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To decrease in diameter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "French kiss",
          "grope",
          "pet",
          "smooch",
          "smoodge",
          "snog",
          "snuggle",
          "chug"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/neck"
    ]
  }
]