gooseneck
Americannoun
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a curved object resembling the neck of a goose, often of flexible construction, as in the shaft of a gooseneck lamp.
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Nautical. a curved piece at the foot of a boom, attached to a mast by a vertical pivot and itself having a horizontal pivot so that the boom can be pointed in a wide angle vertically or horizontally.
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Carpentry. a vertical continuation of the handrail of a flight of stairs, terminating in a short horizontal part on the top of a newel post.
noun
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nautical a pivot between the forward end of a boom and a mast, to allow the boom to swing freely
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something in the form of a neck of a goose
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Others keep $60 gooseneck microphones—the bendable kind used by sports broadcasters and pastors—on their desks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Standing at the helm of the 100-year-old “rose engine,” he peered through a microscope at a small, square slab of German silver illuminated by a gooseneck lamp.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
The organisms include anemones and pelagic gooseneck barnacles.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
While the control a gooseneck brings is indispensable for pourover coffee, it's also typically one of the ugliest appliances in a kitchen.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2022
The horsehair sofa he had rebuilt raised its gooseneck against the wall, and the green carpet had tracks worn light between the doors.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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