CORKSCREWING

Verb

corkscrewing

present participle of corkscrew

Noun

corkscrewing (plural corkscrewings)

A winding, twisting motion.

Source: Wiktionary


CORKSCREW

Cork"screw` (-skr"), n.

Definition: An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.

Cork"screw`, v. t.

Definition: To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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