- corked
- corked [ kɔrkt ] adjectivecorked wine tastes unpleasant because the CORK in the bottle has been damaged and has allowed bacteria into the wine
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Corked — (k?rkt), a. having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corked — [ko:kt US ko:rkt] adj corked wine tastes bad because a fault in the cork has allowed air into the bottle … Dictionary of contemporary English
Corked — 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
corked — adjective /kɔːkt/ a) Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork. Once someone discovered a bottle of wine in the sand that was still corked. b) Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork. Waiter, this wine is corked.… … Wiktionary
corked (up) — AND corky mod. alcohol intoxicated. □ You seem to be a little corked. □ You’d be corked up, too, if you’d drunk as much as I have … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
corked — adj Drunk, intoxicated. Lorimar is too corked to go home alone. 1920s … Historical dictionary of American slang
corked — intoxicated, drunk, plastered, sloshed Grant got corked last night and walked home. He couldn t drive … English idioms
corked — American drunk Of people: the converse of wine, which should not be drunk when it is corked. The imagery is unclear … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
corked — adjective corked wine tastes bad because a decaying cork has allowed air into the bottle … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
corked — UK [kɔː(r)kt] / US [kɔrkt] adjective corked wine tastes unpleasant because the cork in the bottle has been damaged and has allowed bacteria into the wine … English dictionary
