corking

Other forms of corking

comparative

corkinger·

superlative

corkingest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about corking

What does corking mean?

corking means "very good".

How many syllables are in corking?

corking has 2 syllables: cor-king. The stress falls on "cor". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹkɪŋ/.

What is another word for corking?

Close synonyms include bang-up, bully, cracking, dandy, great. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corking a common word?

corking is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.