corkscrewPronunciation: /ˈkɔːkskruː/Translate corkscrew | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of corkscrew noun a device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle that extracts it. [usually as modifier] a thing with a spiral shape or movement:a girl with corkscrew curls verb [no object] move or twist in a spiral motion:the plane was corkscrewing towards the earthcorkscrew in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of corkscrew in the US English dictionary