necker

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Definition of necker

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noun

  1. (slang)Someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
    “1931, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Big Money', Herbert Jenkins: London, page 195. "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!...”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (slang)Someone who kisses primarily in the neck; a neck kisser.
    “1931, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Big Money', Herbert Jenkins: London, page 195. "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!...”
    “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.”
  2. (especially, in-compounds)Someone or something with a certain type of neck.
  3. 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.”
    “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.”
    “The colours of a Scout necker identifies the wearer as belonging to a particular group. Additionally, the necker’s triangular point at the back of the wearer’s neck can provide space for a patch or symbol.”

name

  1. (countable)A surname from French.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A small island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, United States, named after Jacques Necker; in full, Necker Island.
  3. 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.
  4. A surname from German.

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Etymology

From neck + -er, from the verb.

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