gooseneck
English
noun
Definitions
- (often) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
- (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.
Etymology
Compound from English goose + English neck (drink very quickly).
Origin
English
neck
Gloss
drink very quickly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goose Village English
- boatneck English
- bootneck English
- bottleneck English
- breakneck English
- bullneck English
- cowlneck English
- crewneck English
- crookneck English
- fiddleneck English
- foreneck English
- goose English
- gooseberry English
- goosecap English
- goosedown English
- goosefish English
- goosegrass English
- gooseherd English
- goosehood English
- gooseish English
- gooseless English
- gooselike English
- gooseling English
- goosely English
- goosenecked English
- goosequill English
- goosery English
- gooseskin English
- goosetongue English
- goosewing English
- goosie English
- goosish English
- goosy English
- gosherd English
- gosling English
- halterneck English
- hindneck English
- leatherneck English
- limberneck English
- littleneck English
- longneck English
- midneck English
- neck English
- neckache English
- neckband English
- neckbeard English
- neckbeef English
- neckbiter English
- neckbone English
- neckbrace English
- neckcloth English
- neckdown English
- necked English
- necker English
- neckerchief English
- neckful English
- neckgear English
- necklace English
- neckland English
- neckless English
- necklet English
- necklike English
- neckline English
- necklock English
- neckmold English
- neckmould English
- neckpiece English
- neckplate English
- neckroll English
- neckspring English
- neckstrap English
- necktie English
- neckwarmer English
- neckwear English
- neckweed English
- neckyoke English
- neknomination English
- peagoose English
- pencil-neck English
- pencilneck English
- polo-neck English
- red-necked buzzard English
- redneck English
- renecked English
- ring-neck English
- ringneck English
- rollneck English
- roughneck English
- scoopneck English
- sheldgoose English
- shitneck English
- snakeneck English
- squareneck English
- stiff neck English
- stiff-necked English
- stiffnecked English
- topneck English
- turtleneck English
- wryneck English
- ネック Japanese
- goos Middle English
- nekke Middle English
- nek Tok Pisin
- neck
- goose
- goosy
- goosie
- necker
- necked
- goosery
- goosish
- neckful
- goosely
- necklet
- topneck
- gosling
- wryneck
- gosherd
- midneck
- necktie
- redneck
- necklike
- renecked
- rollneck
- neckweed
- longneck
- hindneck
- neckbone
- neckbeef
- bullneck
- neckmold
- neckyoke
- neckache
- bootneck
- necklock
- crewneck
- neckwear
- peagoose
- neckgear
- cowlneck
- necklace
- neckland
- foreneck
- ringneck
- gooseish
- shitneck
- neckless
- boatneck
- goosecap
- neckroll
- neckdown
- neckband
- neckline
- roughneck
- crookneck
- gooseless
- breakneck
- neckplate
- goosehood
- goosedown
- gooseling
- ring-neck
- gooseherd
- neckpiece
- neckstrap
- gooseskin
- neckbiter
- neckcloth
- goosewing
- scoopneck
- neckbrace
- gooselike
- neckmould
- snakeneck
- goosefish
- polo-neck
- neckbeard
- neckwarmer
- turtleneck
- sheldgoose
- bottleneck
- goosequill
- littleneck
- limberneck
- neckspring
- stiff neck
- gooseberry
- fiddleneck
- halterneck
- goosegrass
- pencilneck
- squareneck
- pencil-neck
- goosenecked
- stiffnecked
- goosetongue
- leatherneck
- neckerchief
- stiff-necked
- neknomination
- Goose Village
- red-necked buzzard