Synonyms for corkscrew
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : kawrk-skroo |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔrkˌskru |
Top 10 synonyms for corkscrew Other synonyms for the word corkscrew
- auger
- awl
- bend
- bending
- bight
- billow
- bit
- borer
- breaker
- circle
- circular
- circumvoluted
- cochlear
- coil
- comber
- convolute
- convoluted
- convolution
- convolve
- corkscrew
- countersink
- cover
- crimped
- crimpy
- crinkle
- crinkling
- crinkly
- crisp
- crook
- crush
- curl
- curled
- curlicue
- curling
- curve
- deviate
- dibble
- distort
- drift
- eddy
- embrace
- encircle
- enclose
- enmesh
- entangle
- entanglement
- entwine
- envelop
- flourish
- foam
- fold
- form into ringlets
- frizz
- frizzed
- frizzy
- furl
- gimlet
- ground swell
- gush
- gyration
- gyre
- heave
- helical
- helicoid
- helix
- implement
- indent
- interlace
- interplait
- intertwine
- intervolve
- interweave
- involution
- jackhammer
- kink
- kinky
- knit
- knot
- lace
- lap
- loop
- looped
- make serpentine
- meander
- movement
- outbreak
- permed
- plait
- punch
- quirk
- radial
- ramble
- rash
- reel
- rick
- ridge
- ring
- ringlet
- ripple
- rippling
- riveter
- rocking
- roll
- rolled
- roller
- rotary tool
- rotate
- rush
- scallop
- screw
- screw-shaped
- scroll
- scrolled
- sign
- signal
- sinuate
- slither
- snake
- spiral
- spiralled
- spire
- splice
- sprain
- squirm
- stream
- surge
- surround
- sweep
- swell
- swerve
- swirl
- swivel
- tangle
- tendency
- tendril
- tendrillar
- tide
- tortile
- trepan
- trephine
- tube
- turn
- turn around
- twine
- twirl
- twist
- undulate
- undulation
- unevenness
- uprising
- upsurge
- volute
- voluted
- vortex
- warp
- wave
- waved
- waving
- wavy
- weave
- whirlpool
- whitecap
- whorl
- whorled
- wiggle
- wimble
- wind
- winding
- wound
- wrap
- wrap around
- wreathe
- wrench
- wriggle
- wring
- wrinkle
- writhe
- zigzag
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for corkscrew
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