(informal) A person with a very thin neck. / (idiomatic, US, derogatory) An insubstantial person; a weakling.

The nape, back of the neck.

A metal ring worn around one's neck, used as jewelry.

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

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

simple past tense and past participle of brass-neck

(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