What is "corking"

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.

2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

   Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace.
   --Bp. Hall.

   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.

1. (context informal English) splendid, enjoyable, bang-up n. The formation of white, cork-like striations on a jalapeño pepper. v

2. (present participle of cork English)

adj. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: bang-up, bully, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing]

Corking may refer to:

• A nutritional disorder in stone fruit
• Cork (material), a material harvested from the Cork oak tree
• Cork taint, a wine defect
• Spool knitting, a knitting technique
• The process of inserting a stopper into the opening of a bottle
• A game in which a cork being dropped in a players drink results in the player being required to "skull" said drink.
• A game in which one uses a mallet to strike the underside of a small, 2'x4'x2' wooden table, resulting in a cork (on the top side of the table) to launch upward. The player that launches the cork the highest wins. Originated in East India.
• Corking, a tactic used during Critical Mass bicycling events to maintain group cohesion.