CORKSCREW


Meaning of CORKSCREW in English

I. ˈkȯrk-ˌskrü noun

Date: 1698

: a device for drawing corks from bottles that has a pointed spiral piece of metal turned by a handle

II. adjective

Date: 1790

: resembling a corkscrew : spiral

III. verb

Date: 1837

transitive verb

1. : wind

2. : to draw out with difficulty

3. : to twist into a spiral

intransitive verb

: to move in a winding course

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.