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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A device for drawing corks from bottles, consisting of a pointed metal spiral attached to a handle.
  2. adj. Spiral in shape.
  3. v. To move or cause to move in a spiral or winding course.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A tool consisting of a helicoidal piece or “screw” of steel, with a sharp point and a transverse handle, used to draw corks from bottles.
  2. Having the form of corkscrew; spiral: as, a corkscrew curl.
  3. To cause to move like a corkscrew; direct or follow out in a spiral or twisting way.
  4. n. A geared logging-locomotive.

Wiktionary

  1. n. 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. n. The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
  3. n. boxing, martial arts A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
  4. n. amusement rides A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
  5. adj. Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
  6. v. intransitive To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
  7. v. transitive To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
  8. v. To extract information or consent from someone.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles.
  2. adj. shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical.
  3. v. colloq. To press forward in a winding way.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a bottle opener that pulls corks
  2. v. move in a spiral or zigzag course

Etymologies

  1. From cork +‎ screw (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “It's what we call a corkscrew lie down here," I explained.”

    The Holiday Round

  • “If you want to splurge on a handsome gift, a corkscrew is a stately way to go.”

    Simon & Schuster: A Year of Wine

  • “Tirabuzón is a word for corkscrew, which is sort of what Fernando's Sunday pitch, his screwball, looks like to National Baseball League batters as it twists and dips.”

    The Music of Mexico

  • “They stay at a relatively high altitude, then bank hard and come down in what's called a corkscrew landing.”

    Newsweek: Corkscrew Over Baghdad

  • “A corkscrew is a familiar illustration of the screw.”

    General Science

  • “The thing which might have been mistaken for a tricycle turned upside-down was the inexpressibly important instrument to which the corkscrew was the key.”

    The Ball and the Cross

  • “Ballyvaughan called the corkscrew (you can guess why) and drove and drove and drove, and then Car 1 turned around, and we followed and Car 3 followed us.”

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  • “But not nearly as clever as my corkscrew, which is a machete.”

    Starpulse Entertainment News

  • “The pleasure starts with buying a fine object; the whole retail experience is superior if the corkscrew is a luxury product.”

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  • “The midwife was able to use something called a corkscrew maneuver (exactly what it wounds like) to get him out and begin oxygen.”

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. spiral
  1. helical
  1. bottle screw
  1. cork puller

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bottle opener
  1. turn

hyponyms (3)

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  1. wing corkscrew
  1. butler's friend
  1. waiter's friend

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. upward
  2. helical
  1. switchback
  2. slingshot
  1. spiral
  2. honey-colored
  1. tortuous
  2. uncarpeted
  1. cutlery
  2. servants'
  1. flaxen
  2. church key
  1. wine key

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. worm
  1. corkscrew
  1. bottlescrew
  1. spirated
  1. strephotome
  1. bottle-screw
  1. screw

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