corked

/kษ”หkt/

IPA: /K AO1 R K T/

verb
  1. 1

    To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

  2. 2

    To blacken (as) with a burnt cork

  3. 3

    To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

  4. 4

    To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.

    โ€œHe corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.โ€

  5. 5

    To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.

    โ€œThe vicious tackle corked his leg.โ€

  6. 6

    To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.

verb
  1. 1

    To perform such a maneuver.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.

  2. 2

    Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.

    โ€œWaiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?โ€

  3. 3

    Blackened by burnt cork.

    โ€œthe corked faces of the outlawsโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cork, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/corked