corker
2
9.9
- noun
- /ˈkɔrkər/
- Archaic
:
maravilla
- I say, what an absolute corker you are, dear Miss Fish Stall Owner.
- a real corker
Examples
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Yeah, it was a corker.
Fiction book (1991) -
It was an absolute corker.
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What a corker you are.
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- That one's a corker.
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I think it's a corker.
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Ted was right about the book; it was a corker.
Fiction book (1999) -
Yes, Parkhurst was a corker.
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You're a corker, Shannon.
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Chickenhare, you're a corker.
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Everyone agreed that the performance was a real corker, leaving the audience in awe.
Synonyms
11
8.6
A person or thing that is very good and impressive
8
8.8
Something or someone that is very exciting and impressive
7
5.7
Something very impressive that makes people stop and look
7
9.0
A person or thing that is very impressive
6
4.2
A very surprising or impressive event that shocks people
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8.6
A person or thing that is unusually good
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9.3
Something that is very good or impressive
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8.8
Something very impressive that causes great surprise
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6.5
A very big success, like a popular film
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5.1
A thing that looks very impressive and gets a lot of attention
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corker also became a slang word for something excellent, possibly linked to the loud 'pop' of a champagne cork when people are surprised. A helpful way to remember this is to picture that popping cork, so a corker is something surprising or especially good.