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单词 corker
释义

corker

noun

cork·​er ˈkȯr-kər How to pronounce corker (audio)
1
: one that corks containers (such as bottles)
2
: one that is excellent or remarkable

Synonyms

  • beaut
  • beauty
  • bee's knees
  • cat's meow
  • crackerjack
  • crackajack
  • daisy
  • dandy
  • dilly
  • doozy
  • doozie
  • doozer
  • dream
  • honey
  • hot stuff
  • humdinger
  • hummer
  • jim-dandy
  • knockout
  • lollapalooza
  • lulu [slang]
  • nifty
  • peach
  • pip
  • pippin
  • ripper
  • ripsnorter
  • snorter
  • sockdolager
  • sockdologer
  • standout
  • sweetheart
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Example Sentences

Last week's episode was good, but this one is a real corker! that last race was a real corker!
Recent Examples on the Web And the league is starting things off with a corker. Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022 The Avalanche and Blues played a corker of a Game 5 Wednesday night in Denver. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022 The espionage plot is a real corker, packed with twists and turns and satisfying reveals, even if some moments are easier to foresee than others. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2022 Race 7 5 – Social Dilemma – First race was a corker. NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021 Like much of Angell’s work, this piece is a corker—soaring with crackling energy and verve. Erin Overbey, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2020 Mickie’s talk is interrupted by a young woman named Andrea (Paloma Nozicka), a wild card and corker who has crashed his class before. Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020 The Israeli company Monkey Business is known for useful products with playful designs — an orange peeler shaped like a leaf, animal wine bottle corkers, little monkeys that act as kitchen hooks. BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2019 One corker of a courtroom exchange is such a stunner that readers will be left astonished. Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1

corker

noun

as in humdinger
something very good of its kind that last race was a real corker!

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • humdinger
  • beauty
  • beaut
  • dream
  • snorter
  • peach
  • ripper
  • doozy
  • ripsnorter
  • marvel
  • doozie
  • gem
  • wonder
  • phenomenon
  • daisy
  • pip
  • sweetheart
  • crackerjack
  • something else
  • doozer
  • dilly
  • lollapalooza
  • sockdolager
  • dandy
  • pippin
  • sockdologer
  • knockout
  • standout
  • jewel
  • lulu
  • nifty
  • hot stuff
  • honey
  • bee's knees
  • crackajack
  • hummer
  • jim-dandy
  • cat's meow
  • prodigy
  • sensation
  • plum
  • pearl
  • diamond
  • imperial
  • catch
  • crown jewel
  • treasure

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • turkey
  • lemon
  • flop
  • disappointment
  • failure
  • loser
  • stinker
  • bust
  • dud
  • letdown
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