gooseneck
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noun
1.
a curved object resembling the neck of a goose, often of flexible construction, as in the shaft of a gooseneck lamp.
2.
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.
3.
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.
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gooseneck (ˈɡuːsˌnɛk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | nautical a pivot between the forward end of a boom and a mast, to allow the boom to swing freely |
| 2. | something in the form of a neck of a goose |
| 'goosenecked | |
| —adj | |
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Gooseneck
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
Install gooseneck of sufficient length to preclude any possibility of failure due to settlement.
There is also a fetal skull with a flexible gooseneck wire.
The entangling line has a heavy growth of gooseneck barnacles making it appear even larger.
Bidder to provide and install gooseneck microphone at lectern, lavaliere, and handheld microphones.
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