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