Collocations for "corking"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "corking" in context.
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cork
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [wine, champagne] cork
- [pop, remove] the [wine] cork
- [Wine] corks popped (everywhere).
- [pulled, got] the cork out
- couldn't get the cork out
- bits of cork in the [bottle, wine]
- I can't get the cork out!
- The cork has [gotten stuck, split, broken].
- use a cork to [prevent, stop, hold in, ensure]
- [made, consists] (mainly) of cork
- [natural, synthetic] cork
- UK, sexually explicit: He popped her cork.
- UK, sexual: popped her cork when she was [seventeen]
- slang: he blew his cork when (he heard the news)
- slang: Why don't you (just) put a cork in it!
- cork (up) the [bottle, wine, champagne]
- cork the [bottle] (up)
- cork [loosely, firmly, tightly, clumsily]
- corked and [wired, stored]
- corked up her [feelings, rage, emotions]
- corked her [feelings] up
- corked a [moustache, line] on his [lip, cheek]
- cork a [cricket, baseball] bat
- [pin, put] notes on a cork board
- [lay, buy, choose] cork [tiles, flooring]