Definition of corkscrew
: a device for drawing corks from bottles that has a pointed spiral piece of metal turned by a handle
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Rewards for the lower levels of donations ($5-$55) range from a thank-you on social media to the usual swag: t-shirts, corkscrews, stickers.
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Look for lots of dolphin tricks, including that underwater corkscrew maneuver, macaws in flight (there’s always one rogue one, right?) and Lycra-clad trainers doing that side-to-side and slide dance thing between instructions.
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The ride starts inside, then heads outside for hairpin turns, corkscrews, and a few loops behind a replica of the Statue of Liberty.
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Iranians were thrown into another corkscrew when Mr. Trump pulled out of the agreement, which many here had hoped would give them peace of mind and prosperity.
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Le-a Table features a flat plane surface interrupted by a corkscrew design, which stabilizes the table as well as mimics the silhouette of her hair.
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Skipping the bottle means skipping the corkscrew—and the possibility of cardboardy corked vino.
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The corkscrew-like movement of their tails propels them in right-hand circles along a completely random path.
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But its seductions come and go, a dance here, a ragtime riff there, another twist in the corkscrew plot.
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First Known Use of corkscrew
1698
Examples of corkscrew in a Sentence
an angelic child with beautiful corkscrew curls
First Known Use of corkscrew
1790
Definition of corkscrew
corkscrewed;
corkscrewing;
corkscrews
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: wind
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: to draw out with difficulty
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: to twist into a spiral
: to move in a winding course
Examples of corkscrew in a Sentence
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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Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, who as a slugger in the 1970s would appear to corkscrew himself into the earth on missed swings, is renowned for becoming the first major leaguer to hit three home runs in a World Series game.
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In the second video, a Reaper-like drone is seen corkscrewing through the air, falling straight down, on fire and missing a wing.
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The differences at this point are chiefly visual, Sky's involving what looks to be a massive, corkscrewing cloudscape set against a cerulean sky.
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The real risk-takers make a beeline for the corkscrewing tubular Black Slides.
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The KC-130 tanker corkscrewed into the ground Monday afternoon about 85 miles north of Jackson, the state capital, officials said.
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Navy and Marine Corps investigators are starting to probe why a military transport plane suddenly corkscrewed into a Mississippi soybean field on Monday, killing all 16 personnel onboard.
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A charged particle in the very short-term can still be thought of as corkscrewing around a single field line.
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Beneath the dark canopy, vines corkscrew around bulbous trunks and palms burst up like giant shuttlecocks from the dense foliage underfoot.
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First Known Use of corkscrew
1837
CORKSCREW Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of corkscrew for English Language Learners
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: a tool that is used to pull corks from bottles
CORKSCREW Defined for Kids
Definition of corkscrew for Students
: a pointed spiral piece of metal with a handle that is screwed into corks to pull them from bottles
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