Meaning & use

neckless

adjective·Advanced

Having no visible neck, or appearing to lack one because the head sits close to the shoulders.

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The bulldog's stocky, neckless build makes it look permanently hunched over.

Cartoonists often draw angry characters as neckless to emphasize their tense, hunched posture.

A note on using this word

Neckless is rarely used for humans in a literal medical sense; it usually describes animals, cartoon figures, or a stocky build informally.

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