corkscrew

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkɔːk.skɹuː/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkɔɹk.skɹu/

Noun

corkscrew (plural corkscrews)

1. An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

   I opened the wine with a corkscrew.

2. The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
3. (boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
4. (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.

Synonyms

• (implement for opening bottles) bottle screw, cork puller

Translations

• French: tire-bouchon
• German: Korkenzieher
• Italian: cavatappi
• Portuguese: sacarrolhas
• Russian: што́пор
• Spanish: sacacorchos

Adjective

corkscrew (not comparable)

1. Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
   • 1885, Rudyard Kipling, "The City of Dreadful Night"

     All the heat of a decade of fierce Indian summers is stored in the pitch-black, polished walls of the corkscrew staircase.

Synonyms

• (having a tightly winding shape) helical

Translations

• Russian: спиральный
• Spanish: espiral

Verb

corkscrew (corkscrews, present participle corkscrewing; past and past participle corkscrewed)

1. (intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
2. (transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
3. (transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.
   • 1922, James Thomas Heflin, in Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, page 460:

     Yes, I believe you did after it was corkscrewed out of you, but I got the impression at the outset that you were, just as willing to let it stand there.

Synonyms

• (move in a corkscrew path) spiral

Translations

• Russian: извиваться

Translations

• Russian: извивать

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