OriginFrom cork (“stopper”) + -y.
- Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
“This wine smells a bit corky; get me another bottle.”
- Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
“Bind fast his corky arms.”
- Australia, slangA deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.
Formscorkier(comparative) · corkiest(superlative) · corkies(plural) · corkie(alternative)