corky

English

Etymology

cork +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)ki

Adjective

corky (comparative corkier, superlative corkiest)

1. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.

   This one smells a bit corky; get me another bottle.

2. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
   • William Shakespeare

     Bind fast his corky arms.

Synonyms

• (like cork): suberose, suberous (in botany)

Translations

of wine, contaminated by cork

• French: bouchonné (fr)

Noun

corky (plural corkies)

1. (Australia, slang) An injury caused by a blow ("corking").

Anagrams

• Rocky, rocky