corky

American  

[kawr-kee] / ˈkɔr ki /

adjective

corkier, corkiest

1. of the nature of cork; corklike.

2. Also (of wine, brandy, etc.) spoiled, especially by a tainted cork.

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Other Word Forms

• corkiness noun

Etymology

Origin of corky

First recorded in 1595–1605; cork + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The rest of the time these actors go corky on their lines, overact operatically or sit and talk.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Stravinsky piece, he may have lacked the proper corky bite, but his Brahms had a propulsive, thunderous intensity that swept his audience into a roar of applause.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You make me feel uncivilized, Daisy," I confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dorsal ribs filiform, the lateral very thick and corky.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Here the lenticels are seen as parallel, horizontal slits, open sometimes, but usually filled with the characteristic corky substance.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen