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Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : kawrk-skroo
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔrkˌskru



Definition of corkscrew

Origin :
  • 1720, from cork (n.) + screw (n.). Given various figurative or extended senses from c.1815; the verb is attested from 1837.
  • As in spiral : adj curling, winding
  • As in curly : adj looping, forming ringlets
  • As in kink : noun bend, twist
  • As in spiral : noun curled shape
  • As in wave : noun sea surf, current
  • As in whorl : noun spiral
  • As in coil : noun thread that curls
  • As in drill : noun tool for boring
  • As in twine : verb coil, twist together
  • As in twist : verb curl, spin
  • As in wind : verb bend, turn
  • As in coil : verb curl around, entwine
  • As in curl : verb bend, loop
  • As in entwine : verb twist around
Example sentences :
  • I always carry a corkscrew, and I never forget to kiss the landlady.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • At last I heard him revolving on his axis down the corkscrew staircase.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Not even a corkscrew imitation of smoke issuing from the roof was forgotten.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • The snow snowed on, and now it fell in large, corkscrew flakes.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Sellers was to end with a sort of corkscrew performance on the stage.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • I bought the corkscrew, and from that moment my income has equalled my expenses.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various
  • We were going to pry open the Lobster's claws and use them for a corkscrew.
  • Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field
  • His fingers were cut off one by one and the corkscrew was bored into his legs and arms.
  • Extract from : « The Hindered Hand » by Sutton E. Griggs
  • I twisted and turned like a corkscrew, but I dared not leave it.
  • Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
  • The father took the full bottle and the corkscrew in his hand.
  • Extract from : « What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales » by Hans Christian Andersen

Synonyms for corkscrew

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