Meaning & use
necking
Kissing and caressing in an amorous way, especially between a couple.
See it in a sentence
The teenagers spent the drive-in movie necking in the back seat instead of watching the film.
Old photographs showed couples necking on park benches during the summer of that year.
A note on using this word
Necking is an informal, somewhat dated term; younger speakers are more likely to say 'making out'.
Words with a similar meaning
making outsmooching
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