Usually means: Improving wine taste by aging.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word corking:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. corking: Merriam-Webster
  2. corking: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. corking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. corking: Vocabulary.com
  5. Corking, corking: Wordnik
  6. corking: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. corking: Wiktionary
  8. corking: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. corking: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Corking, corking: Dictionary.com
  11. Corking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Corking: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. corking: Rhymezone
  14. Corking: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. corking: FreeDictionary.org
  16. corking: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. corking: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. corking: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. corking: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. corking: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. corking: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. corking: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. corking: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (corking)

▸ adjective:  (informal) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up
▸ noun:  The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.

Similar:
dandy, bully, nifty, slap-up, keen, swell, bang-up, smashing, great, neat, more...

Opposite:
uncorking, opening, unsealing

Types:
corked, corky, corked wine, more...

Phrases:
corking pin, corking pins, more...

Adjectives:
tight, final, constant, light, long

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Similar:
dandy, bully, nifty, slap-up, keen, swell, bang-up, smashing, great, neat, more...

Opposite:
uncorking, opening, unsealing

Types:
corked, corky, corked wine, more...

Phrases:
corking pin, corking pins, more...

Adjectives:
tight, final, constant, light, long



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