no-neckadj.n.
/ˈnəʊnɛk/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈnɛk/ Originally U.S.
A. adj. (attributive).
Of a person: having a particularly short neck, and (usually) a stocky build; (of a stance) resulting from a shortness of neck. Also: of, characteristic of, or characterized by such people (see sense B.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [adjective] > types of neck > having
neckeda1398
bull necked?a1400
well-necked?1548
thick-necked1591
lean-necked1608
swan-necked1703
crane-necked1822
pencil-neck1868
no-neck1955
pencil-necked1956
1955 T. Williams Cat on Hot Tin Roof i. 1 One of those no-neck monsters [sc. a child] hit me with a hot buttered biscuit.
1979 18th-cent. Stud. 12 488 The no-neck forward thrust of the Summoner's head.
1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net (1989) vii. 208 To make arrangements to get out of this no-neck town and back where she belonged.
1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) iii. 113 Leila with the bouffant hair and discreet diamonds, married to no-neck Asif.
B. n.
An ill-mannered or unrefined person (usually a man); a boor.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > person
popinjay1528
peasant1581
clown1583
indelicate1741
no-neck1961
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > ill-mannered person
wild beastc1325
tyke?a1400
rudesby1566
boor1598
bosthoon1833
flash Harry1960
no-neck1961
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > unrefined manners or behaviour > person
bearc1395
carter1509
kensy?a1513
clumpertonc1534
club1542
lout1548
clinchpoop1555
clout-shoe1563
loose-breech1575
clown1583
hoyden1593
boor1598
kill-courtesy1600
rustic1600
clunch1602
loblolly1604
camel1609
clusterfist1611
loon1619
Grobian1621
rough diamonda1625
hoyde1636
clodhopper1699
roughhead1726
indelicate1741
vulgarian1809
snob1838
vulgarist1847
yahoo1861
cave-dweller1865
polisson1866
mucker1884
caveman1907
wampus1912
yobbo1922
yenta1923
yob1927
rude1946
cafone1949
no-neck1961
ocker1971
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > rude or ignorant
chuffc1440
mobarda1450
lob1533
lobcocka1556
clown1565
hick1565
bumpkin1570
swad1572
peasant1576
hob-clunch1578
hoblob1582
clubhutchen1584
bacon1598
boor1598
hobbinol1600
homespun1600
loblolly lamb1600
lob-coat1604
loblolly1604
hobnail1645
champkina1652
bacon-slicer1653
jobson1660
hob-thrush1682
country put1688
put1688
country cousin1692
clodhopper1699
hawbuck1787
Johnny Raw1803
joskin1811
yokel1819
whopstraw1821
chaw-bacon1822
lobeline1844
country jake1845
Hoosier1846
hayseed1851
Reuben1855
scissorbill1876
agricole1882
country jay1888
rube1891
jasper1896
farmer1903
stump jumper1936
woop woop1936
potato head1948
no-neck1961
1961 H. Ellison Memos from Purgatory (1975) 119 You program them to be no-necks; to be nerds.
1993 Analog Sci. Fiction & Fact May 118/2 At first he'd hooted at the sour-faced no neck who led the exercises.
2000 Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 28/4 The assorted thugs and no-necks who fester and multiply in today's rural Britain.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1955