gooseneck.
Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
Meaning & usage
Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
A gooseneck lamp can be swiveled around an object, allowing a good examination of all its surfaces.
The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.
Ellipsis of gooseneck barnacle.
Ellipsis of gooseneck loosestrife.
Where this word comes from
From goose + neck.
To seal (a bag) securely by twisting, folding, and cinching or taping.
Where this word comes from
From goose + neck.
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