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Corked

verb
/kɔːkt/
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
2.verbTo blacken (as) with a burnt cork
3.verbTo leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
4.verbTo fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
"He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
5.verbTo injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
"The vicious tackle corked his leg."
6.verbTo position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
7.verbTo perform such a maneuver.
8.adjectiveOf a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
9.adjectiveOf (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.
"Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?"
10.adjectiveBlackened by burnt cork.
"the corked faces of the outlaws"

Synonyms

corkysealedbadcorkscrewcaissonedcockledcincturedcofferedclostclenchtoccluseclosed

Rhymes With

torquedforkeduncorkedorct
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