1. Excellent
   "he did a corking job";
   - bang-up [N. Amer, informal], bully [informal], cracking [Brit, informal], dandy [informal], great, groovy [informal], keen, neat, nifty [informal], not bad [informal], peachy, slap-up [informal], swell [informal], smashing [Brit, informal], old, not half bad [informal], grouse [Austral, NZ, informal], ripper [Austral, informal], lovely

1. Close a bottle with a cork
   "He corked up the wine bottle after dinner";
   - cork up
    
2. Stuff with cork
   "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"
    
3. Blacken with burnt cork (as in theatrical makeup)
   "The actor corked his face for the minstrel show"

See also: good

Type of: plug, secure, stop up, stuff

Antonym: uncork

Encyclopedia: Corking