(UK, informal) To receive severe criticism or punishment for something one has done.

Alternative form of get it in the neck

(obsolete) A needle used for inserting a rowel or seton.

(historical) Vietnamese territory, especially the Vietnamese state under the Nguyen dynasty from 1802–1945.

A double nut for attaching the joint-ends of rods or tubes.

(timekeeping, historical, biblical) In Antiquity, one of four divisions of the night (each equivalent to three hours).

(Catholicism) a period of time in which a holy person (someone believed to be potentially on their way to sainthood) experiences a seeming withdrawal of God's previously-felt presence in their lives, and undergoes stark spiritual attacks. This period of time is seen (by Catholics) to be a period in which God is calling the holy person to rid themselves of any remaining vestiges of self-pride and vanity that they may have.

(mathematics, education) An equation or inequality expressed with numbers and operators, such as 3 + 6 < 10.

plural of number sentence

(Internet) A domain name used to serve a website without the use of the traditional www subdomain: e.g. example.com rather than www.example.com.