Gooseneck

Quick meaning: Gooseneck is a noun meaning (often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.

Meaning

(often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.

More Meanings

1. Ellipsis of gooseneck barnacle.
2. Ellipsis of gooseneck loosestrife.
3. (transitive) To seal (a bag) securely by twisting, folding, and cinching or taping.
4. (nautical) 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.

Example Sentences

A gooseneck lamp can be swiveled around an object, allowing a good examination of all its surfaces.

The gooseneck microphone. Mounted to the desk or to the side wall of the booth, the gooseneck offers a limited degree of flexibility for height and depth adjustment of the microphone.

Word Forms

• goosenecks
• goosenecking
• goosenecked

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include necklace, necking, loof, jewel-neck, yoke, gooseskin.

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