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What is the adjective for corkscrews?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb corkscrew which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

corkscrewlike
  1. Resembling a corkscrew, usually specifically the worm of a corkscrew
  2. Synonyms:
      3. corkscrewy, helical
  3. Examples:
      4. “The caterpillar had a corkscrewlike body, twisting and turning like the worm of a corkscrew as it moved along the branch.”
corkscrewy
  1. Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape
  2. Synonyms:
      3. corkscrewlike, helical
  3. Examples:
      4. “Her hair was wild and corkscrewy, cascading down her shoulders in perfectly formed curls.”
corkscrew
  1. Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. winding, helical, involute, screwlike, coiling, spiral, coiled, twisting, curling, curled, circling, scrolled, whorled, voluted, cochlear, circular, helicoid, cochleate, helicoidal, rolled, radial, circumvoluted, tortile, wound, tendrillar, helix-shaped, screw-shaped, asymmetrical, asymmetric, contorted, crooked, unsymmetrical, distorted, irregular, uneven, askew, twisted, aslant, slanting, bending, lopsided, slanted, awry, tilted, skewed, oblique, spiraling, spiralling, curving, curved … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Here lies a lofty round tower, with a corkscrew staircase leading to the summit.”
corkscrewed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew
  2. Synonyms:
      3. twisted, winded, wound, coiled, spiraled, spiralled, curled, twined, entwined, snaked, meandered, looped, curved, turned, bended, bent, zigzagged, wreathed, twirled, twisted and turned, weaved, writhed, convoluted, wrapped around, undulated, woven, wove, writhen, wrothe, rotated, folded, convolved, scrolled, sinuated, spired, swirled, lapped, wiggled, squiggled, crisscrossed, wrapped, wrapt, gyrated, intertwined, rambled, swerved, curled around, arched, crooked, rolled … more
corkscrewing
  1. present participle of corkscrew
  2. Synonyms:
      3. twisting, winding, coiling, spiraling, spiralling, curling, twining, entwining, snaking, turning, looping, meandering, curving, bending, twirling, twisting and turning, zigzagging, writhing, wreathing, weaving, rotating, convoluting, undulating, rolling, gyrating, swirling, wrapping around, furling, eddying, swinging, arching, crooking, spinning, folding, convolving, scrolling, spiring, sinuating, circling, lapping, rippling, encircling, whirling, revolving, wiggling, squiggling, pivoting, crisscrossing, wrapping, intertwining … more
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