corking

verb

Meaning

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.
To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
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.
The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper.
Splendid, enjoyable, bang-up

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