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cork⋅ing

  [kawr-king] Informal.
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–adjective
1. excellent; fine.
–adverb
2. very: a corking good time.
Origin:
1890–95; cork + -ing 2
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cork

  [kawrk]
–noun
1. the outer bark of an oak, Quercus suber, of Mediterranean countries, used for making stoppers for bottles, floats, etc.
2. Also called cork oak. the tree itself.
3. something made of cork.
4. a piece of cork, rubber, or the like used as a stopper, as for a bottle.
5. Angling. a small float to buoy up a fishing line or to indicate that a fish is biting.
6. Also called phellem, suber. Botany. an outer tissue of bark produced by and exterior to the phellogen.
–verb (used with object)
7. to provide or fit with cork or a cork.
8. to stop with or as if with a cork (often fol. by up).
9. to blacken with burnt cork.
—Idiom
10. blow or pop one's cork, Informal. to lose one's temper; release one's emotional or physical tension.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME cork(e) < Ar qurq < L quercus oak
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cork   (kôrk)   
n.  
  1. The lightweight elastic outer bark of the cork oak, used especially for bottle closures, insulation, floats, and crafts.
    1. Something made of cork, especially a bottle stopper.
    2. A bottle stopper made of other material, such as plastic.
  3. A small float used on a fishing line or net to buoy up the line or net or to indicate when a fish bites.
  4. Botany A nonliving, water-resistant protective tissue that is formed on the outside of the cork cambium in the woody stems and roots of many seed plants. Also called phellem.
tr.v.   corked, cork·ing, corks
  1. To stop or seal with or as if with a cork.
  2. To restrain or check; hold back: tried to cork my anger.
  3. To blacken with burnt cork.

[Middle English, from Dutch kurk or Low German korck, both from Spanish alcorque, cork-soled shoe, probably from Arabic dialectal al-qūrq : al-, the + qūrq (from Latin quercus, oak; see perkwu- in Indo-European roots).]
cork·ing   (kôr'kĭng)   
adj.  Splendid; fine: a corking party.
adv.  Used as an intensive: a corking good story.

[From corker.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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