Neckdeep
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Neckdeep is an adjective meaning Reaching up to the neck.
Meaning
Reaching up to the neck.
More Meanings
- Submerged up to the neck.
- Very deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something).
Example Sentences
This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding.
By the start of the 19th century, Europe was neckdeep in the Napoleonic Wars, which, at various times, amounted to the British Empire against Europe, and, at others, involved Britain subsidising various nations, such as Austria and Prussia, against Napoleon.
Word Forms
- neck deep
- neck-deep
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neck deep, knee-deep, deep, supranuchal, overknee, midneck.
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