as in beauty
something very good of its kind
that last race was a real corker!
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Recent Examples of corker
Anyway, Breville doles out sales sparingly, and this little corker is $50 off for the spring sale.
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Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
The final scene — a real corker — was filmed at City Hall.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Styled by Max Ortega September 3, 2024 HIGH AND MIGHTY
Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.
—Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.
—Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
The climactic shoot-out, which goes on for 25 incredible minutes, is an absolute corker.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
The brainy story pits 007 against two of his most fearsome adversaries: Robert Shaw's stocky hitman Red Grant, whose Orient Express showdown is a slow-burn corker, and Bertolt Brecht veteran Lotte Lenya (of ''Mack the Knife'' fame) as unforgettable shoe-dagger-wielding Rosa Klebb.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
The traffic corkers said a man later identified as Smith politely approached the traffic corkers and asked several questions while walking past, before returning in a hot and inexplicable rage 20 minutes later.
—oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
Movie four is a corker.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
The final scene — a real corker — was filmed at City Hall.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Styled by Max Ortega September 3, 2024 HIGH AND MIGHTY
Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.
—Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.
—Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
The climactic shoot-out, which goes on for 25 incredible minutes, is an absolute corker.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
The brainy story pits 007 against two of his most fearsome adversaries: Robert Shaw's stocky hitman Red Grant, whose Orient Express showdown is a slow-burn corker, and Bertolt Brecht veteran Lotte Lenya (of ''Mack the Knife'' fame) as unforgettable shoe-dagger-wielding Rosa Klebb.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
The traffic corkers said a man later identified as Smith politely approached the traffic corkers and asked several questions while walking past, before returning in a hot and inexplicable rage 20 minutes later.
—oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
Movie four is a corker.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corker
Noun
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Hosted by luxury natural hair brand Camille Rose (Black owned, by the way) and sponsored by Wells Fargo, the festival has become a go-to celebration of Black beauty, creativity and community.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
20 June 2025
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Formally brilliant, the pieces have been in love with beauty and have cautiously flirted with representation.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Being from New York, it’s always been a dream of mine to play professionally here.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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There are still a handful of dream sequences and surreal interludes that seem to want to underscore the show’s deep psychological curiosity, and its unwillingness to be an easy watch.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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This is a humdinger of a pollinator plant, attracting not only humming bees and butterflies, but a host of other insects, too.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 May 2025
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Rosenblatt gives her a humdinger of a first act closing speech complete with the kind of curtain line actors kill for.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
7 May 2025
Noun
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Reinhart, who scored the game-winner in Game 7 of the Cup Final last year, opened scoring 4:36 with a beaut of an individual effort.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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Check out this sliding beaut: Crawford’s skeptics, however, will point to an elevated ground-ball rate (63.8%) and his next-to-nil power (only one home run) as reasons to leave him in the minors.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2022
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Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
6 July 2019
Noun
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The new see-through marvels of the Temporis Duo Grand Complication Openface add to Vacheron’s rich history of minute repeaters and complications, and like the Solaria, is a piece unique for one collector to savor.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
25 June 2025
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An architectural marvel, the Link is the world’s longest cantilever, floating between two towers like a futuristic sky bridge.—
Natasha Amar,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Each season, Casa Amor is a doozy: the couples are split up by gender between the original villa and Casa and meet a new set of bombshells meant to test their relationships.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2025
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Essentially a beefed-up version of its 2017 predecessor, Nintendo’s latest hardware arrives with a bona fide doozy: an open-world Mario Kart game.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Silent Retreat is a bodice ripper with a fillip of Roman Catholic ritual: a novice ripper.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
14 June 2025
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Fritz kicked his first serve into Evans’s single-handed backhand to devastating effect, rather than just hitting his usual flat rippers.—
James Hansen,
The Athletic,
1 Aug. 2024
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“Corker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corker. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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