swan song last hurrah | a final performance or effort (especially before retirement) |
swan dive swallow dive | a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water |
neck exercise | exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles |
swan | stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult |
mute swan Cygnus olor | soundless Eurasian swan, commonly domesticated |
whooper whooper swan Cygnus cygnus | common Old World swan noted for its whooping call |
tundra swan Cygnus columbianus | swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds |
whistling swan Cygnus columbianus columbianus | North American subspecies of tundra swan having a soft whistling note |
Bewick's swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii | Eurasian subspecies of tundra swan, smaller than the whooper |
trumpeter trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator | large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry |
black swan Cygnus atratus | large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill |
swan's down | down of the swan |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
choker ruff ruffle neck ruff | a high tight collar |
crew neck crew neckline | a plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters |
neck neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
neck | a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form, the banjo had a long neck, the bottle had a wide neck |
neck brace | a brace worn to steady the neck |
swan's down | soft woolen fabric used especially for baby clothes |
turtleneck turtle polo-neck | a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar |
turtleneck collar polo-neck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar |
V neck | the neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V |
neck cervix | the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body, he admired her long graceful neck, the horse won by a neck |
bull neck | a thick short powerful neck |
cervical vertebra neck bone | one of vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region |
annoyance bother botheration pain infliction pain in the neck pain in the ass | something or someone that causes trouble, a source of unhappiness, washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer, a bit of a bother, he's not a friend, he's an infliction |
neck sweetbread throat sweetbread | edible thymus gland of an animal |
neck | a cut of meat from the neck of an animal |
beef neck | a cut of beef from the neck of the animal |
soft-shell clam steamer steamer clam long-neck clam | a clam that is usually steamed in the shell |
vicinity locality neighborhood neighbourhood neck of the woods | a surrounding or nearby region, the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville, it is a rugged locality, he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood, I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods |
neck | a narrow elongated projecting strip of land |
pain pain in the neck nuisance | a bothersome annoying person, that kid is a terrible pain |
Swan River daisy Brachycome Iberidifolia | western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays |
Swan River everlasting rhodanthe Rhodanthe manglesii Helipterum manglesii | Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads, sometimes placed in genus Helipterum |
swan orchid swanflower swan-flower swanneck swan-neck | any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan |
affirm verify assert avow aver swan swear | to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true, Before God I swear I am innocent |
neck make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion, The couple were necking in the back seat of the car |
swan | sweep majestically, Airplanes were swanning over the mountains |
c roll wander swan stray tramp roam cast ramble rove range drift vagabond cccbb | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment, The gypsies roamed the woods, roving vagabonds, the wandering Jew, The cattle roam across the prairie, the laborers drift from one town to the next, They rolled from town to town |
neck and neck head-to-head nip and tuck | inconclusive as to outcome, close or just even in a race or comparison or competition, as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck, the election was a nip and tuck affair |
neck-deep up to my neck up to your neck up to her neck up to his neck up to our necks up to their neck | deeply involved, neck-deep in work, up to their necks in debt |
neck and neck head-to-head nip and tuck | even or close in a race or competition or comparison, the horses ran neck and neck, he won nip and tuck |