corkers

noun

plural of corker
as in beauties
something very good of its kind that last race was a real corker!

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corkers
  1. beauties
  2. dreams
  3. humdingers
  4. beauts
  5. wonders
  6. peaches
  7. rippers
  8. doozies
Noun
  • Shopping market editor Kate McGregor’s new favorite sheets, these scalloped percale beauties from Rebecca Udall, are 50% off right now.
    — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026
  • These low-maintenance garden beauties require less pruning, deadheading, and pest management to keep them looking good.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
Definition of beauties
Noun
  • That’s what happens when a party and its voters stop seriously competing and instead indulge their passions and fever dreams.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • Its warble seemed the embodiment of dreams, that melted meeting point between memories and fantasy.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
Definition of dreams
Noun
  • The book is full of many such humdingers.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of humdingers
Noun
  • As for the performance T-shirts in the lineup, the oversized, moisture-wicking beauts are meant to turn heads in their color-happy Turmeric iteration.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
  • And although this recipe calls for the instant version of Cream of Wheat, using the regular will yield a pancake with a bit more of the very light crunch that won these beauts so many fans.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
Definition of beauts
Noun
  • However, the vast majority had very little to do with the park’s natural wonders.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • Even inexpensive and innocuous items, such as a cord cover and a key bowl, can work wonders for you in your mission to tidy up your home.
    — BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
Definition of wonders
Noun
  • Build simple meals around tomatoes, peaches, corn, herbs, zucchini, and berries, letting fresh ingredients shine.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026
  • This peach lemonade uses the same method as our strawberry version, calling to cook down peaches and sugar into a peachy-keen syrup that’s also perfect for mixing into summer cocktails.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
Definition of peaches
Noun
  • The biggest chase of all is the Black bordered one-of-ones, which has been prone to catch pack rippers off guard as they’re focused on adding to their sticker books.
    — Andrew Mackie, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • Wuthering Heights has the tunnel-vision horniness and girlish aesthetic sensibility of a high-school freshman who’s been assigned to read Brontë in class while tearing through a pile of explicit bodice-rippers under the covers at home.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of rippers
Noun
  • The game surely will have some late-season playoff implications as well, giving it top billing on a Chiefs schedule that features quite a few other doozies.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • One of Richins’ doozies involved Irene Gilbert.
    — Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
Definition of doozies
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