gooseneck

Meaning

1. Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
2. 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.
3. Ellipsis of gooseneck barnacle.
4. Ellipsis of gooseneck loosestrife.
5. To seal (a bag) securely by twisting, folding, and cinching or taping.

Etymology / origin

From goose + neck.

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