pencil-necked

adjective

Having a very thin neck.

“That pencil-necked geek isn't going to stop me.”

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Meanings

adjectivepencil-necked (comparative more pencil-necked, superlative most pencil-necked)

comparative more pencil-necked · superlative most pencil-necked

  1. Having a very thin neck.
  2. USderogatoryidiomaticInsubstantial; weak.

    That pencil-necked geek isn't going to stop me.

    1 more example

    Science fiction is more than inelegant prose for pencil-necked teenagers.

    1997 July 7, Zina Moukheiber, “The geeks have inherited the earth”, in Forbes, →ISSN, page 348

Synonyms & antonyms

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Cite this entry
APA

pencil-necked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil-necked

MLA

“pencil-necked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil-necked. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pencil-necked,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pencil-necked.

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