Having a colored ring or rings around the neck; said of animal species.

(archaic) Needy, indigent, destitute, poor. / Lacking; required. / Necessary; unavoidable.

Alternative form of necktie party

(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) Nervy; cheeky; shameless.

simple past tense and past participle of brass-neck

A species of parakeet, Psittacula krameri, prevalent in Asia and famous for escaping domestication and establishing wild populations in Britain.

(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) To behave boldly or shamelessly.

(idiomatic, UK, Ireland) Gall, shamelessness, cheek. / (idiomatic, UK, Ireland) A person with gall.

plural of neck-gable

a type of gable in vogue between the 17th and the 18th centuries in the Netherlands with a rectangular body (resembling a neck, hence the name) in place of the usual triangular shape found with a regular gable