Corking

Corking

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Corking may refer to:

  • Corking (stone fruit), a nutritional disorder in stone fruit
  • Cork (material), a material harvested from the Cork oak tree
  • Cork taint, a wine defect
  • Spool knitting, a knitting technique
  • The process of inserting a stopper into the opening of a bottle
  • A game in which a cork being dropped in a players drink results in the player being required to "skull" said drink.
  • A game in which one uses a mallet to strike the underside of a small, 2'x4'x2' wooden table, resulting in a cork (on the top side of the table) to launch upward. The player that launches the cork the highest wins. Originated in East India.
  • Corking, a tactic used during Critical Mass bicycling events to maintain group cohesion.

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  • corking — [kôr′kiŋ] adj., adv., interj. [< CORK] Informal very good or well; excellently …   English World dictionary

  • Corking — This interesting surname of English origin is derived from the Celtic word corcair (Middle English cork ), a purple dye or red dye stuff plus ing meaning people of or dependants of , and was originally given as a metonymic occupational name to a… …   Surnames reference

  • Corking — Cork Cork, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[^o]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corking}.] 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. [1913 Webster] Tread on corked stilts a prisoner s pace. Bp.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • corking — adjective or adverb Date: 1895 extremely fine often used as an intensive especially before good < had a corking good time > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • corking — /kawr king/, Informal. adj. 1. excellent; fine. adv. 2. very: a corking good time. [1890 95; CORK + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

  • corking — cork•ing [[t]ˈkɔr kɪŋ[/t]] Informal. 1) inf excellent; fine 2) inf very: a corking good time[/ex] • Etymology: 1890–95 …   From formal English to slang

  • corking — corker ► NOUN informal ▪ an excellent person or thing. DERIVATIVES corking adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • corking pin — cork ing pin (k[^o]rk [i^]ng p[i^]n ). A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman s headdress to a cork mold. [Obs.] Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • corking-pin — /körˈking pin/ noun A pin of the largest size ORIGIN: Perhaps from caulking pin (see ↑caulk) …   Useful english dictionary

  • corking pin — noun Etymology: corking perhaps alteration of calkin dialect : a large pin …   Useful english dictionary

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