cartwheel vs cork

cartwheel

noun
  • A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions. 

  • The literal wheel of a cart. 

verb
  • To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel. 

  • To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft. 

cork

noun
  • An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead. 

  • The cork oak, Quercus suber. 

  • The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material. 

  • An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork. 

  • A bottle stopper made from this or any other material. 

  • The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water. 

adj
  • Having the property of a head over heels rotation. 

verb
  • To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper. 

  • To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it. 

  • To perform such a maneuver. 

  • To fill with cork. 

  • To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net. 

  • To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material. 

  • To blacken (as) with a burnt cork. 

  • To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma. 

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