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  • past participle of neck.
  • past tense form of neck.

necked

American  
[nekt] / nɛkt /

adjective

  1. having a neck of a kind specified (usually used in combination).

    a square-necked blouse.


Etymology

Origin of necked

1350–1400; Middle English. See neck, -ed 3


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Sauropods were long necked, long tailed plant eaters that grew into the largest animals ever to walk on land, yet their earliest life stages were small, exposed, and highly vulnerable.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

Long necked animals, such as giraffes, need to pump blood upward from the heart against gravity.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Mike McNerney of Carbondale, Illinois, an authority on necked discoids, believes they are a corruption of the classic Celtic cross, with the ends of the cross being dropped from the design.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 1, 2015

I've just necked my ham rolls and apple.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2010

Mrs. Byrne says, and I realize that she is talking about my necklace, which is usually hidden by my high- necked dresses.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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