very close in progress, as in a race or contest

Misspelling of neck and neck.

Misconstruction of neck and neck

Archaic spelling of neck.

plural of necke

To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate. / (chiefly US) To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle. / To drink rapidly. / To decrease in diameter.

(folklore) A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.

(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. / The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.

simple past tense and past participle of neck

(in combination) Having some specific type of neck / (nautical, archaic, of a treenail) Cracked.