Head and Neck

Head

Head noun - The upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth.

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Neck and head are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Neck" instead the word "Head" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: heading, headland, headship, headband, headed

Neck noun - A broad geographical area.

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Head and neck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Head" instead the word "Neck" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: necked, necking, neckband, necklet, neckline

human	human head	human neck
good	good head	good neck
thick	thick head	thick neck
long	long head	long neck
Other adjectives: upper, open, bare, small, actual, entire, real, large, blue, black, pretty, new, larger, severed, red, demonic, elongated, oversized, shorter.

Zuko has gotten more than a few neck or head impacts, but was never shown to have any serious effects from them.

Source: Hard Head
In The Dark Knight Saga fanfic Knightfall: The Movie, Bane does this to a guard at Arkham, by wrapping his arms around the guy's head and neck, and twisting, similar to Jason Voorhees in Jason X.

Source: Neck Snap
When nervous, embarrassed, or uncertain — or lying — a character will sometimes rub the back of his head/neck with one hand, often with a patently fake grin or laugh accompanying the gesture.

Source: Hand Behind Head

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