corking

Adjective

Synonyms: bang-up bully cracking dandy great groovy keen neat nifty not bad(p)peachy slap-up

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

very good“he did a bully job”“a neat sports car”“had a great time at the party”“you look simply smashing”Synonyms: bang-up bully cracking dandy great groovy keen neat nifty not bad(p)peachy slap-up swell smashing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corked (k[^o]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Corking.]

1.To stop with a cork, as a bottle. [1913 Webster]

2.To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. [1913 Webster]

Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace.— Bp. Hall.[1913 Webster]

Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk. [1913 Webster]