'Corkscrew' definitions:
Definition of 'corkscrew'
(from WordNet)
noun
A bottle opener that pulls corks [syn: corkscrew, bottle screw]
verb
Move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: corkscrew, spiral]
Definition of 'Corkscrew'
From: GCIDE
- Corkscrew \Cork"screw`\, v. t. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'corkscrew'
From: GCIDE
- corkscrew \cork"screw`\ (k[^o]rk"skr[udd]`), n. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'corkscrew'
From: GCIDE
- corkscrew \cork"screw`\ (k[^o]rk"skr[udd]`), a. shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical. [PJC]
- corkscrew stairs, a spiral staircase around a solid newel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'corkscrew'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anfractuous,
- aspirator,
- bottle opener,
- can opener,
- church key,
- cirrus,
- clavis,
- cochlear,
- cochleate,
- coil,
- contort,
- corkscrewy,
- crinkle,
- crowbar,
- curl,
- curlicue,
- entwine,
- evolute,
- extractor,
- forceps,
- gyre,
- helical,
- helicoid,
- helix,
- intort,
- involute,
- key,
- kink,
- latchkey,
- latchstring,
- master key,
- meander,
- open sesame,
- opener,
- passkey,
- pincers,
- pipette,
- pliers,
- press,
- pump,
- ringlet,
- roll,
- scallop,
- screw,
- screw-shaped,
- scroll,
- scrolled,
- separator,
- serpentine,
- siphon,
- skeleton key,
- slink,
- snake,
- spiral,
- spiroid,
- swirl,
- tendril,
- tin opener,
- turbinal,
- turbinate,
- turn,
- tweezers,
- twine,
- twirl,
- twist,
- twist and turn,
- vacuum pump,
- verticillate,
- volute,
- voluted,
- volution,
- vortex,
- whirl,
- whorl,
- whorled,
- wind,
- worm,
- wreathe,
- wring,
- wringer