3 noun of bottle etcscóig fem2 c m uscrogall masc1 c m u 4 noun MUS of instrumentcaol masc1 c m uthe neck of a guitar caol giotáir 5 noun MED of toothscroig fem2 c m u 6 noun ANAT of wombmuineál masc1 c m u 7 noun strip of land, waterneck of land cuing fem2neck of river caolas abhannverb
8 verb kiss, fondle INTRANSITIVEthey started necking thosaigh siad ag pógadh agus ag muirniú a chéile, thosaigh siad ag giolamas lena chéile
TRANSITIVEto neck sb duine a phógadh agus a mhuirniú, bheith ag giolamas le duine
9 verb informal food, drink TRANSITIVEcaith siar c m uto neck down a drink deoch a chaitheamh siar, deoch a shlogadh siarto neck down a sandwich ceapaire a alpadh, ceapaire a phlacadh by a neck
1 in horseracinghe won by a neck bhuaigh sé d'fhad a mhuiníl 2 narrowlyar éigean Déle hoiread na frídethe French film won by a neck bhí an bua ar éigean Dé ag an scannán Francach to get it in the neck
(also to catch it in the neck
) informalbheith i dtrioblóidé a fháil i mbun na cluaiseI'll get it in the neck beidh mise i dtrioblóid, gheobhaidh mise faoi pholl na cluaise é, mise a gheobhaidh an t-achasán neck and neck
gob ar ghobthey were neck and neck all the way bhí siad gob ar ghob an bealach ar fad neck of the woods
in this neck of the woods sa taobh seo tíre, thart anseo, sa cheantar seo, sna bólaí seo it's neck or nothing
níl ann ach breith nó fágtá an t-iomlán i ngeall airfág é nó beir air you have a neck!
tá muineál agat!níl náire ná cás ort!is ort atá an aghaidh! to put your neck on the line
dul sa bhearna bhaoiltú féin a chur i mbaol to stick your neck out
informalseasamh a ghlacadh to be up to your neck in sth
1 in water etcbheith go muineál i rudhe was up to his neck in water bhí sé go muineál in uisce 2 (also to be up to your neck with sth
) in work, debt, etcbheith go muineál i rudshe's up to her neck in debt tá sí go muineál i bhfiacha, tá sí báite i bhfiachahe's up to his neck in work tá sé maraithe ag obair, tá sé plúchta ag obairthey're up to their neck in it tá siad go dtí an dá chluas ann 