necking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of neck

plural neckings

1. countableuncountableA behavior among male giraffes where they hold combat for social dominance using their necks as weapons.

   Necking helps young male giraffes test which one has a stronger neck.

   2005, Barbara Keevil Parker, Giraffes, page 26

2. countableuncountablearchitectureA neckmould.
3. countableslanguncountableChugging beer.

   For Lent, he gave up necking and cigarettes.

4. countableslanguncountableMaking out; kissing profusely, especially on the neck.

   However one of the girls in answer to our questions explained that at the end of the ceremony the men and women participants are quite free to pair off for what she called “necking”.

   1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 74