corkscrew
Americannoun
adjective
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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a device for drawing corks from bottles, typically consisting of a pointed metal spiral attached to a handle or screw mechanism
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slang boxing a blow that ends with a twist of the fist, esp one intended to cut the opponent
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(modifier) resembling a corkscrew in shape
verb
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has corkscrewedperfect 3rd person singular
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have corkscrewedperfect
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is corkscrewingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are corkscrewingprogressive
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am corkscrewingprogressive 1st person singular
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has been corkscrewingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been corkscrewingperfect progressive
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corkscrewssingular 3rd person
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corkscrewingparticiple
Past
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had corkscrewedperfect
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had been corkscrewingperfect progressive
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were corkscrewingprogressive plural
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was corkscrewingprogressive singular
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corkscrewedparticiple
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corkscrewedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of corkscrew
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She is a fashionable woman, with corkscrew curls coming down in front of her ears.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
It could be a long, slow descent with the lights out on an RAF jet, or a rapid, corkscrew down in a C-130 transport plane.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
In fact, the French more or less conquered Southern California, not by the bayonet but by the corkscrew.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
Where shorter colonies spun around an axis, like a spiraling football, longer chains would buckle and coil like a corkscrew.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
It slid open, and he climbed a corkscrew staircase that was only used by staff.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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