corkscrew

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
corkscrew
    n 1: a bottle opener that pulls corks [syn: {corkscrew}, {bottle
         screw}]
    v 1: move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: {corkscrew},
         {spiral}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corkscrew \cork"screw`\ (k[^o]rk"skr[udd]`), n.
   An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing
   corks from bottles.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corkscrew \cork"screw`\ (k[^o]rk"skr[udd]`), a.
   shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical.
   [PJC]

   {corkscrew stairs}, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Corkscrew \Cork"screw`\, v. t.
   To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way
   through a crowd. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "corkscrew":
      anfractuous, aspirator, bottle opener, can opener, church key,
      cirrus, clavis, cochlear, cochleate, coil, contort, corkscrewy,
      crinkle, crowbar, curl, curlicue, entwine, evolute, extractor,
      forceps, gyre, helical, helicoid, helix, intort, involute, key,
      kink, latchkey, latchstring, master key, meander, open sesame,
      opener, passkey, pincers, pipette, pliers, press, pump, ringlet,
      roll, scallop, screw, screw-shaped, scroll, scrolled, separator,
      serpentine, siphon, skeleton key, slink, snake, spiral, spiroid,
      swirl, tendril, tin opener, turbinal, turbinate, turn, tweezers,
      twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, vacuum pump, verticillate,
      volute, voluted, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl, whorled, wind,
      worm, wreathe, wring, wringer

    

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