Usually means: Annoying or troublesome person, situation.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. pain in the neck: Merriam-Webster
  2. pain in the neck: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pain in the neck: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pain in the neck: Vocabulary.com
  5. pain in the neck: Wiktionary
  6. pain in the neck: Dictionary.com
  7. pain in the neck: Rhymezone
  8. pain in the neck: FreeDictionary.org
  9. pain in the neck: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. pain in the neck: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pain in the neck: Encyclopedia

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  1. pain in the neck: Idioms

(Note: See pain_in_the_necks as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pain in the neck)

noun:  (idiomatic, slang) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.

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