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Meanings of corkscrew in English

Portuguese
sacarolhas
Catalan
tirabuixó

A bottle opener that pulls corks.

sacarolhas
Spanish
girar en espiral

Move in a spiral or zigzag course.

girar en espiral
Usage of corkscrew in English
1
Soane was twisting his corkscrew in the wire of the champagne bottle.
The Inheritors
2
The snow snowed on, and now it fell in large, corkscrew flakes.
The Eternal City
3
The long duck penis is corkscrew shaped, twisting in an anti-clockwise manner.
BBC
4
He extracted the cork with a pocket corkscrew, and elevated the bottle.
When God Laughs, and Other Stories
5
There are glasses on the sideboard, sir, and the corkscrew is here.
The Evil Shepherd
6
After distributing them he went back for a corkscrew and four glasses.
The Book of Life
7
He reached out slowly for the corkscrew which hung on a nail.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
8
I could scarcely turn the corkscrew key in the lock for giggling.
Conrad’s Fate
9
An ordinary corkscrew makes a convenient file for small bills or memoranda.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
10
Quinn felt his stomach corkscrew while his heart slammed against his chest.
By reason of insanity
11
She wore little iron-gray, corkscrew curls, and had bright, beady black eyes.
The Honorable Miss: A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town
12
The corkscrew ain't invented that'll draw a word out of M. Godin.
The Darrow Enigma
13
The corkscrew of the road carried the eye most pleasingly down with it.
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
14
The response was quick, and I passed him the corkscrew immediately.
The Great Book of Amber
15
Its long branches trailed their fragrant corkscrew leaves almost down to the ground.
The amber spyglass
16
Looking down past his gauntlets, Joshua could see straight through the corkscrew fronds.
The Naked God
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