Necking
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Necking can refer to:
- Making outMaking outIn human sexuality, making out is a sexual euphemism of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used synonymously with the terms necking, heavy petting, and hooking up to refer to non-penetrative sex, though "hooking up" is also used in some cultures to imply casual sex.-History:The...
, a term for heavy kissing of the neck or petting of that area - Necking (engineering)Necking (engineering)Necking, in engineering or materials science, is a mode of tensile deformation where relatively large amounts of strain localize disproportionately in a small region of the material. The resulting prominent decrease in local cross-sectional area provides the basis for the name "neck"...
, the process by which a ductile material deforms under tension forming a thin neck - Necking, a behavior of giraffes
- Necking up or necking down, methods of modifying a firearm cartridge to make a wildcat cartridgeWildcat cartridgeA wildcat cartridge, or wildcat, is a custom cartridge for which ammunition and firearms are not mass produced. These cartridges are often created in order to optimize a certain performance characteristic of an existing commercial cartridge.Developing and using wildcat cartridges does not...