cork·screw
ˈkȯrk-ˌskrü 
: a device for drawing corks from bottles that has a pointed spiral piece of metal turned by a handle
corkscrewed; corkscrewing; corkscrews
: to move in a winding course
Examples of corkscrew in a Sentence
Adjective
an angelic child with beautiful corkscrew curls
Verb
practically every word had to be corkscrewed out of the tight-lipped witness
the trail corkscrews through dense woods to the top of the steep hill
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
During the freak-off, Ventura alleged Combs found her phone and discovered e-mails that had been shared between Ventura and Kid Cudi, prompting him to lunge at her with a corkscrew.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
And though Clooney would probably be fetching wearing a hoop skirt the size of a circus tent and flouncing a thousand corkscrew curls, no.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
McIlroy corkscrewed through a front-nine 33 and a back-nine 39 and finished even par.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Use a decisive up-and-down motion, rather than twisting the cutter like a corkscrew, to help the biscuits rise.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
During the freak-off, Ventura alleged Combs found her phone and discovered e-mails that had been shared between Ventura and Kid Cudi, prompting him to lunge at her with a corkscrew.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
Rodriguez threw Ripley into the steel ring post, then the steel steps and hit a corkscrew Vader Bomb of sorts.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
And though Clooney would probably be fetching wearing a hoop skirt the size of a circus tent and flouncing a thousand corkscrew curls, no.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Verb
Marchand scored again for a 3-1 lead five minutes into the third period with a brilliant back and forth slalom past Oilers defenseman Jake Walman that all but left Walman corkscrewed into the ice.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 15 June 2025
McIlroy corkscrewed through a front-nine 33 and a back-nine 39 and finished even par.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Corkscrew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corkscrew. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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corkscrew
1 of 2 noun
cork·screw
ˈkȯrk-ˌskrü
: a pointed spiral tool with a handle for pulling corks from bottles
corkscrew
2 of 2 adjective
: resembling a corkscrew : spiral
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