Definition of wring (one's) neck

wring (one's) neck

• to punish or yell at.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'neck':
bottle neck	Definitions include: a person with a long neck.
brass neck	Definitions include: a person with a brass neck is shameless.
brass-necked	Definitions include: shameless.
give neck	Definitions include: to perform fellatio.
have (one's) neck on the line	Definitions include: to be responsible for failure.
neck	Definitions include: abbreviation for redneck.
neck and neck	Definitions include: in a competition, even.
need a check up from the neck up	Definitions include: Someone who acts stupid or does stupid things
(one's) neck of the woods	Definitions include: one's home neighborhood.
pain in the neck	Definitions include: a nuisance.
rest ya neck	Definitions include: Time to stop partying an go to sleep.
rough neck	Definitions include: an oil well worker.

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