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Meaning of corked

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

corked

Pronunciation:/kɔːkt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

  2. To blacken (as) with a burnt cork

  3. To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

  4. To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.

    Example: He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.

verb

Definitions

  1. To perform such a maneuver.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.

  2. Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.

    Example: Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?

  3. Blackened by burnt cork.

    Example: the corked faces of the outlaws