Meaning of Corkscrew | Babel Free

Definitions

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

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Examples

“I opened the wine with a corkscrew.”

“There stood presented to his sight, Or seem'd to stand, the God of wine, […] This hand a Cork-scrue did contain, And that a Bottle of Champaign.”

“A corkscrew is designed so that when it is turned it creates effectively a helical undulation pushing it into the cork, whereas rotation in the opposite sense pulls it out.”

“A two-prong or ah-so corkscrew with sheath.”

“A bubble rising rapidly in water describes a spiral closely resembling a corkscrew.”

“[…] the immovable McCoy let fly his most miraculous punch of the evening, of his lives, a world-beater of a right corkscrew, a punch years in the windup […]”

“A corkscrew has a 90° turn just prior to the loop and a 90° turn just afterward.”

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