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Definition of Neck-deep
1. Adjective. Deeply involved. "Up to their necks in debt"
Exact synonyms: Up To Her Neck, Up To His Neck, Up To My Neck, Up To Our Necks, Up To Their Necks, Up To Your Neck
Similar to: Involved
Similar to: Involved
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neck-deep
Literary usage of Neck-deep
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Sportsman by Elisha Jarrett Lewis (1906)
"... velvety and inflated, running high above the base of the bill; head, and about
two inches of the neck, deep glossy reddish-chestnut; rest of the neck ..."