Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

necked

/nɛkt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
necked
IPA
/nɛkt/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having some specific type of neck or neckline.

adj

Cracked.

Archaic

verb

simple past and past participle of neck

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hnakkô Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō Old English hnecca Middle English nekke English neck English -ed English necked From neck + -ed.

Usage

Derived Forms

barenecked boatnecked bullnecked goosenecked longnecked neckedness rednecked

Phrases

black-necked crane black-necked grebe black-necked screamer black-necked swan blue-necked ostrich brass-necked bull-necked dark-necked tailorbird

Rhymes With

perfect respect effect expect subject protect direct self-respect correct affect checked suspect

Questions

How do you pronounce necked?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɛkt/.
What does necked mean?
Having some specific type of neck or neckline.
Where does necked come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hnakkô Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō Old English hnecca Middle English nekke English neck English -ed English necked From neck + -ed.

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