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Adjective: corking  kor-king
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Very good
    "he did a corking job";
    - bang-up, bully, cracking [Brit, informal], dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, grouse [Austral, NZ], ripper [Austral], lovely
Verb: cork  kork
  1. Close a bottle with a cork
    - cork up
     
  2. Stuff with cork
    "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

See also: good

Type of: plug, secure, stop up, stuff

Antonym: uncork

Encyclopedia: Corking

Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Cork, Brandon and South Coast Railway Cork Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway Cork, County Cork Cork, Munster Cork, Republic of Ireland Cork, Diocese of Cork, Ireland