different between curlicue vs corkscrew

English

Etymology

From curly +? cue.

Noun

curlicue (plural curlicues)

1. A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of concentric circles.

Derived terms

• curlicue fractal

Translations

Verb

curlicue (third-person singular simple present curlicues, present participle curlicuing, simple past and past participle curlicued)

1. (transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues.

English

Etymology

From cork +? screw

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??k.sk?u?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??k.sk?u/

Noun

corkscrew (plural corkscrews)

1. An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

   I opened the wine with a corkscrew.
2. The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
3. (boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
4. (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.

Synonyms

• (implement for opening bottles): bottle screw, cork puller

Hypernyms

• bottle opener

Hyponyms

• (types of corkscrew bottle opener): waiter's friend; wing corkscrew; butler's friend

Meronyms

• worm

Coordinate terms

• (other types of bottle opener): church key, wine key

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• corkscrew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

corkscrew (not comparable)

1. Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
   • 1885, Rudyard Kipling, "The City of Dreadful Night"

     All the heat of a decade of fierce Indian summers is stored in the pitch-black, polished walls of the corkscrew staircase.

Synonyms

• (having a tightly winding shape): helical

Translations

Verb

corkscrew (third-person singular simple present corkscrews, present participle corkscrewing, simple past and past participle corkscrewed)

1. (intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
2. (transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
3. (transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.
   • 1922, James Thomas Heflin, in Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry^[6], page 460:

     Yes, I believe you did after it was corkscrewed out of you, but I got the impression at the outset that you were, just as willing to let it stand there.

Synonyms

• (move in a corkscrew path): spiral

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