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cork off

cork off verb: to fall asleep.

Verb

cork off (third-person singular simple present corks off, present participle corking off, simple past and past participle corked off)

  1. (US, slang) To fall asleep.
    • ‘I'm going to sleep on the major's bed,’ Bonello said. ‘I'm going to sleep where the old man corks off.’1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 183

Forms of cork off

third-person singular presentcorks off
present participlecorking off
past participlecorked off
pastcorked off

Questions about cork off

What does cork off mean?
Cork off means to fall asleep.
What part of speech is cork off?
Cork off is a verb.
What is the past tense of cork off?
The past tense of cork off is corked off.

Words near cork off in the dictionary

  1. cork line
  2. cork lines
  3. cork moth
  4. cork oak
  5. cork oaks
  6. cork off
  7. cork out
  8. cork taint
  9. cork tip
  10. cork tipped
  11. cork tips

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