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• present participle of neck.

necking

American  

[nek-ing] / ˈnɛk ɪŋ /

noun

1. Informal. kissing, caressing, and other sexual activity between partners that does not involve stimulation of the genitals or sexual intercourse.

2. Architecture.

   1. a molding or group of moldings between the projecting part of a capital of a column and the shaft.

   2. gorgerin.

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necking British  

/ ˈnɛkɪŋ /

noun

1. informal the activity of kissing and embracing passionately

2. Also called: gorgerin.  architect one or more mouldings at the top of a column between the shaft and the capital

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Etymology

Origin of necking

First recorded in 1795–1805; neck + -ing ¹