Usually means: Tool for extracting corks from bottles.
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  1. corkscrew: Merriam-Webster
  2. corkscrew: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. corkscrew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. corkscrew: Collins English Dictionary
  5. corkscrew: Vocabulary.com
  6. Corkscrew, corkscrew: Wordnik
  7. corkscrew: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. corkscrew: Wiktionary
  9. corkscrew: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. corkscrew: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. corkscrew: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Corkscrew, corkscrew: Dictionary.com
  13. corkscrew: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  15. Corkscrew: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. corkscrew: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. corkscrew: Rhymezone
  18. Corkscrew: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. corkscrew: FreeDictionary.org
  20. corkscrew: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. corkscrew: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. corkscrew: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. corkscrew: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Corkscrew (tool), corkscrew: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Corkscrew (tool), corkscrew: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. corkscrew: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Corkscrew, corkscrew: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Corkscrew: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Corkscrew: Glossary of Insulator Terms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
noun:  The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
noun:  (boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
noun:  (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
adjective:  Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
verb:  (intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
verb:  (transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.

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