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Adjective: corking  kor-king
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. Excellent
    "he did a corking job";
    - bang-up [N. Amer, informal], bully [informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy, great, groovy [informal], keen, neat, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], peachy, slap-up [informal], swell [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], old, not half bad [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], ripper [Austral, informal], 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

Encyclopedia: Corking

Cork, John