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Definition of corkscrew in English: corkscrewnoun ˈkɔːkskruːˈkɔrkˌskru 1A device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle that extracts it. Example sentencesExamples - This is particularly appealing to those buying property to let, as a complete inventory of practical items, from kettles and toasters to cheese-graters and corkscrews, is provided.
- There are two main approaches: one is a synthetic plug the same shape as a cork that can be placed in the top of the bottle in the same way as a cork and removed with a corkscrew, so preserving the ritual of opening a bottle of wine.
- Then he puts the bottle between his legs and inserts an old fashioned corkscrew, pulls and tugs before the cork comes out.
- You open a bottle of wine, leave the cork in the corkscrew, sit down, relax and share stories with one another.
- If your corkscrew won't shift it, try running hot water over the neck of the bottle to expand the glass, then revert to the corkscrew.
- So my dodgy corkscrew did not work with this modern cork.
- Tell me, because I'd like to know, are there any anti-shyness devices that don't need a corkscrew?
- I inserted the corkscrew and began wrestling with the bottle like an ancient Greco-Roman wrestler.
- The youngsters are learning everything about wine - from what makes the perfect corkscrew to Mr Ponder's tips on the best bottles of wine and champagne on sale around Manchester.
- They had to have one of the guards open the bottles with a corkscrew on his pocket knife but the wine was soon flowing.
- I broke the seal on the wine bottle, twisted the point of the corkscrew into the cork, and eased it out.
- His viewers enjoy half-filled glasses, empty bottles and corks left in the corkscrew.
- After an hour, Phillip carried one of the crates of bottles to the haggard, and with a corkscrew he deftly pulled the corks from them, handing one to each man.
- Some of the most frequently found objects include knitting needles, sets of cutlery, corkscrews and scissors.
- An imaginary corkscrew and a mimed bottle pouring has stood me in good stead, even in parts of Italy where they barely speak Italian.
- Stephanie grabbed the wine and mangled the cork with the corkscrew.
- The men in charge of the stalls handle corkscrews much as you or I might a live cobra.
- I'm not the strongest guy in the world, and to make things worse, I can't really use any mechanisms such as bottle openers, can openers or corkscrews.
- ‘Meanwhile,’ said Brush, brandishing his bottle of whiskey, ‘Anyone got a corkscrew?’
- He walked bravely over to the bar, followed by the Curries, lifted a bottle out of the box, called for glasses - wine glasses - took the corkscrew from the bartender and opened the bottle himself.
- 1.1usually as modifier A thing with a spiral shape or movement.
a girl with corkscrew curls Example sentencesExamples - Blonde corkscrew curls, wide blue eyes, and a simpering smile.
- His colouring was very dark and his features very striking, his hair was a nest of black corkscrew curls and he wore an Australian bush hat.
- Her corkscrew curls taunt me all through class.
- His unusual head of red corkscrew curls, his unconventional looks, have attracted some scathing press.
- Rianna was of an average height with corkscrew strawberry-blond curls and icy blue eyes.
- Her long honey blond hair was pulled back in half twist, leaving the rest free in corkscrew curls.
- She had her short brown hair a shade darker than her tan skin, pulled back in a ponytail with the hair curled in corkscrew curls.
- Neither of these effects would produce a corkscrew flight path.
- She hated Dorothy Jo, who had beautiful corkscrew curls, and the whole nine yards.
- At the age of seventy, his blue eyes still twinkle under a mop of corkscrew curls.
- He certainly seems to have mellowed, despite his slightly crazed Noddy Holder corkscrew curls and permanent top hat.
- I feel guilty that on busy mornings I am taking a regular brush to her corkscrew curls, thereby rendering her mop into something that is very Einstein-like.
- He speculated that a ball falling through a hole at the equator would follow a corkscrew trajectory.
- Instead, the person standing on the other side of his screen door was a slim young woman with corkscrew curls and wounded green eyes.
- This uses two giant corkscrew pumps to shift over 7 million gallons of water a day into a holding pond above the main lake.
- A beautiful woman with corkscrew hair, just stared and stared into the distance.
- The attractive young lady with corkscrew curls and a floral brooch sits high on the ivory, her large eyes accentuated by heavily outlined lids and eyelashes.
- After a normal flight, we went into a tight, corkscrew dive that sent your stomach up into your throat - and in the case of two passengers, out their mouths and into their laps.
- It's a sordid story, curly as the 200-plus pound porker's corkscrew tail.
- The most noticeable thing about her was the mop of unruly, dirty-blonde corkscrew curls framing her heart shaped face.
verb ˈkɔːkskruːˈkɔrkˌskru [no object]Move or twist in a spiral motion. the plane was corkscrewing towards the earth Example sentencesExamples - And even if we had, we would have bet 100 to 1 that she would have corkscrewed into the ground, crashed into a farm, a forest or a city rather than belly sliding to a stop on a snowy field.
- Brian Fisher turned bounding leaps into corkscrewing descents and ended them in a perfect Fred Astaire pose.
- And its staircase is a regulation turnpike, corkscrewing up the side of the building.
- For eight white-knuckled seconds, he had to try to stay on that jolting, snorting, corkscrewing half-ton of steak on the hoof.
- I wrapped my wings around my body and corkscrewed towards the Darkness.
- Kenji slowly tore his gaze away from them as he began his descent from his impressive leap, only to meet a body corkscrewing through the air.
- The 1950s former Swiss air force trainer jet had flown four times over the crowd before trying to turn when it corkscrewed and plummeted into a ridge.
- Joe screamed, corkscrewing into a fetal position as the pain knifed through him.
- Cahill's plane, still corkscrewing, veers towards the laser on the Kratch battleship, which is preparing to fire again.
- And every one of us was positive she'd stalled, spun-in and finally corkscrewed herself right into the ground.
- From the outset his body language has been aggressive (legs crossed, then arms corkscrewed in a self-wrestling headlock).
- The question of whether to proceed with the second flight arose after SpaceShipOne unexpectedly began corkscrewing as it soared toward space during its first competition flight Wednesday.
- There are, of course, more looping, spinning, corkscrewing areas to navigate, and there are likewise levels that move up and down, left and right, and spin things around as gamers stare in awe.
- He was a beautiful child, with brown curls corkscrewing from his head, and vivid green eyes with long lashes.
- He moved in the middle of yet another sweet attack, corkscrewed around a couple of defenders before battering home an unstoppable shot from 20 yards.
- I looped and corkscrewed around the cruiser at R6.
- It was a high, clear Himalayan morning, and we were corkscrewing our way up from the banks of the river, up the steep sides of a narrow, thickly wooded valley.
- Then she winced as one of Cat's fighters took a graviton shot to its port engine bank and began corkscrewing towards the building.
- Tiny flowers like I've never seen before color the ground: delicate violet fairy-bells; exotic pink orchids; tiny, snowy things on long, corkscrewing vines; and deep blue, star-shaped mysteries.
- As Di Giacomo corkscrewed around red shirts and Murray treated opponents like cones on a training field, the defiant hopes of the visiting fans quickly evaporated.
Synonyms spiral, coil, wreathe, twirl, swirl, furl
Definition of corkscrew in US English: corkscrewnounˈkôrkˌskro͞oˈkɔrkˌskru 1A device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle that extracts it. Example sentencesExamples - The youngsters are learning everything about wine - from what makes the perfect corkscrew to Mr Ponder's tips on the best bottles of wine and champagne on sale around Manchester.
- I broke the seal on the wine bottle, twisted the point of the corkscrew into the cork, and eased it out.
- There are two main approaches: one is a synthetic plug the same shape as a cork that can be placed in the top of the bottle in the same way as a cork and removed with a corkscrew, so preserving the ritual of opening a bottle of wine.
- So my dodgy corkscrew did not work with this modern cork.
- Tell me, because I'd like to know, are there any anti-shyness devices that don't need a corkscrew?
- Stephanie grabbed the wine and mangled the cork with the corkscrew.
- I'm not the strongest guy in the world, and to make things worse, I can't really use any mechanisms such as bottle openers, can openers or corkscrews.
- The men in charge of the stalls handle corkscrews much as you or I might a live cobra.
- He walked bravely over to the bar, followed by the Curries, lifted a bottle out of the box, called for glasses - wine glasses - took the corkscrew from the bartender and opened the bottle himself.
- After an hour, Phillip carried one of the crates of bottles to the haggard, and with a corkscrew he deftly pulled the corks from them, handing one to each man.
- This is particularly appealing to those buying property to let, as a complete inventory of practical items, from kettles and toasters to cheese-graters and corkscrews, is provided.
- ‘Meanwhile,’ said Brush, brandishing his bottle of whiskey, ‘Anyone got a corkscrew?’
- Then he puts the bottle between his legs and inserts an old fashioned corkscrew, pulls and tugs before the cork comes out.
- Some of the most frequently found objects include knitting needles, sets of cutlery, corkscrews and scissors.
- I inserted the corkscrew and began wrestling with the bottle like an ancient Greco-Roman wrestler.
- You open a bottle of wine, leave the cork in the corkscrew, sit down, relax and share stories with one another.
- They had to have one of the guards open the bottles with a corkscrew on his pocket knife but the wine was soon flowing.
- If your corkscrew won't shift it, try running hot water over the neck of the bottle to expand the glass, then revert to the corkscrew.
- His viewers enjoy half-filled glasses, empty bottles and corks left in the corkscrew.
- An imaginary corkscrew and a mimed bottle pouring has stood me in good stead, even in parts of Italy where they barely speak Italian.
- 1.1usually as modifier A thing with a spiral shape or movement.
a girl with corkscrew curls Example sentencesExamples - The attractive young lady with corkscrew curls and a floral brooch sits high on the ivory, her large eyes accentuated by heavily outlined lids and eyelashes.
- Blonde corkscrew curls, wide blue eyes, and a simpering smile.
- His unusual head of red corkscrew curls, his unconventional looks, have attracted some scathing press.
- Rianna was of an average height with corkscrew strawberry-blond curls and icy blue eyes.
- It's a sordid story, curly as the 200-plus pound porker's corkscrew tail.
- He certainly seems to have mellowed, despite his slightly crazed Noddy Holder corkscrew curls and permanent top hat.
- His colouring was very dark and his features very striking, his hair was a nest of black corkscrew curls and he wore an Australian bush hat.
- After a normal flight, we went into a tight, corkscrew dive that sent your stomach up into your throat - and in the case of two passengers, out their mouths and into their laps.
- She hated Dorothy Jo, who had beautiful corkscrew curls, and the whole nine yards.
- Her corkscrew curls taunt me all through class.
- The most noticeable thing about her was the mop of unruly, dirty-blonde corkscrew curls framing her heart shaped face.
- He speculated that a ball falling through a hole at the equator would follow a corkscrew trajectory.
- This uses two giant corkscrew pumps to shift over 7 million gallons of water a day into a holding pond above the main lake.
- Neither of these effects would produce a corkscrew flight path.
- Her long honey blond hair was pulled back in half twist, leaving the rest free in corkscrew curls.
- At the age of seventy, his blue eyes still twinkle under a mop of corkscrew curls.
- A beautiful woman with corkscrew hair, just stared and stared into the distance.
- Instead, the person standing on the other side of his screen door was a slim young woman with corkscrew curls and wounded green eyes.
- I feel guilty that on busy mornings I am taking a regular brush to her corkscrew curls, thereby rendering her mop into something that is very Einstein-like.
- She had her short brown hair a shade darker than her tan skin, pulled back in a ponytail with the hair curled in corkscrew curls.
verbˈkôrkˌskro͞oˈkɔrkˌskru [no object]Move or twist in a spiral motion. the plane was corkscrewing toward the earth Example sentencesExamples - There are, of course, more looping, spinning, corkscrewing areas to navigate, and there are likewise levels that move up and down, left and right, and spin things around as gamers stare in awe.
- Brian Fisher turned bounding leaps into corkscrewing descents and ended them in a perfect Fred Astaire pose.
- And its staircase is a regulation turnpike, corkscrewing up the side of the building.
- For eight white-knuckled seconds, he had to try to stay on that jolting, snorting, corkscrewing half-ton of steak on the hoof.
- The 1950s former Swiss air force trainer jet had flown four times over the crowd before trying to turn when it corkscrewed and plummeted into a ridge.
- Kenji slowly tore his gaze away from them as he began his descent from his impressive leap, only to meet a body corkscrewing through the air.
- Tiny flowers like I've never seen before color the ground: delicate violet fairy-bells; exotic pink orchids; tiny, snowy things on long, corkscrewing vines; and deep blue, star-shaped mysteries.
- Joe screamed, corkscrewing into a fetal position as the pain knifed through him.
- Then she winced as one of Cat's fighters took a graviton shot to its port engine bank and began corkscrewing towards the building.
- And every one of us was positive she'd stalled, spun-in and finally corkscrewed herself right into the ground.
- He was a beautiful child, with brown curls corkscrewing from his head, and vivid green eyes with long lashes.
- The question of whether to proceed with the second flight arose after SpaceShipOne unexpectedly began corkscrewing as it soared toward space during its first competition flight Wednesday.
- And even if we had, we would have bet 100 to 1 that she would have corkscrewed into the ground, crashed into a farm, a forest or a city rather than belly sliding to a stop on a snowy field.
- As Di Giacomo corkscrewed around red shirts and Murray treated opponents like cones on a training field, the defiant hopes of the visiting fans quickly evaporated.
- It was a high, clear Himalayan morning, and we were corkscrewing our way up from the banks of the river, up the steep sides of a narrow, thickly wooded valley.
- From the outset his body language has been aggressive (legs crossed, then arms corkscrewed in a self-wrestling headlock).
- I wrapped my wings around my body and corkscrewed towards the Darkness.
- He moved in the middle of yet another sweet attack, corkscrewed around a couple of defenders before battering home an unstoppable shot from 20 yards.
- Cahill's plane, still corkscrewing, veers towards the laser on the Kratch battleship, which is preparing to fire again.
- I looped and corkscrewed around the cruiser at R6.
Synonyms spiral, coil, wreathe, twirl, swirl, furl
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