ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pencil-neck

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Pencil-neck is a noun meaning (informal) A person with a very thin neck.

Meaning

(informal) A person with a very thin neck.

More Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, US, derogatory) An insubstantial person; a weakling.

Example Sentences

That pencil-neck from systems isn't going to tell me what I can't do.
On Thursday, March 28, Trump took the stage in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a campaign rally, where he unleashed a new schoolyard nickname: “little pencil-neck Adam Schiff.”
Mom said, “Sell it to the circus, what the heck.” / Dad said, “Nope, this one's a pencil neck / And if there's one thing lower than a side show freak / It's a grit eatin', scum suckin', pencil neck geek.”

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Related dictionary entries include bullneck, thinny, rubberneck, neckercher, neckinger, skeleton.

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