cork off en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| corked off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| corked off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| corking off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| corks off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |