Learn English Vocabulary: 12 ways to use body parts as verbs

In this lesson, I will teach you twelve ways that we use body parts as verbs in English. Does that sound strange Well, maybe it is, but these are verbs you will hear pretty often, so you should learn them. We will look at expressions like necking, shoulder a burden, mouth off, to eyeball someone, skinned alive, and more. These expressions are commonly used by native English speakers and are useful in everyday life. When you re finished watching, head over to the quiz at to test yourself TRANSCRIPT Hi. James from engVid. I was going to try A shoe and a book joke, but I didn t think it would go well. But Mr. E is saying to me: I gotta hand it to Right You Yeah, I did try. Unfortunately I failed. Today I want to teach you about body parts as verbs, and how certain parts of our body, from our hands to our mouths, to our heads can be used as verbs and have a meaning. Now, before I go any further, I want to say two thin