corkscrew

Speech parts

1. corkscrew - Noun

2. corkscrew - Adjective

3. corkscrew - Verb

Meaning

An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.

To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

spiral bottle screw riveter auger rundle bend helix lancet turn snake separator curly gyre twirl gimlet
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Antonyms

right direct connector join linear link
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Hypernyms

turn bottle opener

Phrases with the word

corkscrew-shaped butterfly corkscrew corkscrew motion corkscrew vine corkscrew-horned antelope corkscrew-like

Examples

Whilst traveling through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. Had to live on food and water for several days. W. C. Fields

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. W. C. Fields

Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself. Basil Bunting

Bring in the bottled lightning, a clean tumbler, and a corkscrew. Charles Dickens

I'm going out of my mind, oh, oh; with a pain that stops and starts; like a corkscrew to my heart; Ever since we've been apart. Bob Dylan

The day he moved out was terrible – That evening she went through hell. His absence wasn't a problem But the corkscrew had gone as well. Wendy Cope

Close letter words and terms

Corkman Corkonian Corkran corkscrew flower corkscrew hazel corkscrew motion