corked
Because it is a word with a single syllable, corked is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofcorked
- To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
- To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
- To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
- To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
Example: "He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy."
- To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
Example: "The vicious tackle corked his leg."
- To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
- To perform such a maneuver.
- Of a container, especially a bottle, closed with a cork.
- Of (a bottle of) wine, tainted by mould/mold in the cork.
Example: "Waiter, this wine is corked. Could you bring us another bottle?"
- Blackened by burnt cork.
Example: "the corked faces of the outlaws"
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