Corker (Noun)
Meaning 1
(dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Usages
Examples
- The fireworks show was a real corker, it lit up the whole sky with color.
- My sister's wedding was a corker, the food was amazing and the band was great.
- That singer's voice is a corker, she can hit all the high notes.
- The new restaurant downtown has got some corker specials, I highly recommend trying them.
- That last joke was a corker, it made everyone in the room laugh out loud.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A machine that is used to put corks in bottles.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The winery invested in a new corker to speed up the bottling process of their flagship merlot.
- After hours of searching, the brewery finally found a corker that could handle the unique shape of their beer bottles.
- The corker jammed, causing the line to shut down and delaying the entire bottling operation.
- She carefully sanitized the corker before preparing to bottle the latest batch of homemade champagne.
- The company's corker had become outdated and was no longer able to keep up with the increased demand for their product.