What's the difference between cocked and corked?

Cocked


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Cock

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A comparative study was performed for isoelectric and electrophoretic spectra blood serum albumin of parental breeds of chickens and their heterosis hybrids --broiler cocks.
  • (2) Lastly, I'll offer just one example of cock-eyed methodology.
  • (3) The Peppers like to be jerks (at Dingwalls Swan dedicated a song to “all you whiney Britishers who can suck my American cock”), but don’t let the surface attitude fool you.
  • (4) A small membranous sheet of the perivitelline layer (PL) isolated from freshly ovulated ova was incubated with cock spermatozoa, and morphological changes of PL and percentage of spermatozoa lacking acrosomes were observed during incubation.
  • (5) The fibrinolytic response of mature and immature cocks was comparable to that of the immature hens.
  • (6) All of which is knocked into a cocked one by the achievements of Martin O'Neill's Celtic.
  • (7) "Sorry to leave it in such a mess, old cock", was the parting shot from the Conservative chancellor.
  • (8) This temperature probably represents the thermoneutral temperature (TNT) of the cock.
  • (9) This year though, the annual fest of tit tape, weepy self-congratulation and sheer star power will be remembered for more than a frock faux pas: there was a serious cock-up .
  • (10) In heterospermic tests, cocks with distinguishable offspring were paired and semen was mixed within pairs.
  • (11) Obama doesn't have much to say, and neither does Mitt Romney but after that Libya cock-up his brain is mush and he starts going on about two parent families – what?
  • (12) "We desperately need donors… These people have lost so much, but they still could lose more," said Jane Cocking of Oxfam.
  • (13) When the acquisition was announced, Google spokespeople were cock-a-hoop, and with good reason: the guys who founded DeepMind are among the best in a very competitive field.
  • (14) In a cock-up of Olympic proportions, the iCloud password was reset by Farook’s employers (the owners of the phone) with the explicit consent of the FBI.
  • (15) He often seems mysteriously amused, cocking an eyebrow and pulling a coy, wouldn’t-you-like-to-know smirk, but he likes to laugh out loud, too.
  • (16) Thyroidectomy and thyroxine supplements in thyroidectomized birds failed to influence plasma corticosterone and, apart from cock, transcortine levels.
  • (17) Heparin has been found to stimulate or suppress the priming activity of a protein antigen (cock muscle phosphorylase-b) in mice depending on the various parameters (the dose of antigen, timing of administration, etc.).
  • (18) The differences were seen during the late cocking and acceleration phases, which place the greatest stress on the medial collateral ligament.
  • (19) The present work aims to find a biochemical criterion for evaluating the evolution of sperm according to age through the study of the ATPase activity from the spermatozoa and the acid phosphatase from the seminal plasma of cocks from three different breeds.
  • (20) In Experiment 2, five pens of 30 Arbor Acres and 3 cocks each were assigned to feeding times of 0830, 1130, 1430, and 1730 h. Eggs were collected hourly from 0700 to 1600 for Days 6 through 10 of a 10-day treatment period.

Corked


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Cork
  • (a.) having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) So, for example, Cork City's first-leg victory over Apollon Limassol in the first qualifying round of this season's Champions League means one point will be added to the League of Ireland's coefficient next season - but not to Cork's.
  • (2) The tendon is threaded through a hole in the distal phalanx from the dorsal to the palmar side and impacted like a cork to create an immediate strong fixation.
  • (3) He went from minstrel show to blackface, from vaudeville to Broadway before he hit a fabulous prosperity as the most sentimental of all sentimental singers, a poor Russian cantor's son daubed with burnt cork and down on one knee sobbing for the "mammy" he had never known in a south that nobody ever knew.
  • (4) There has been some patching up to do in midfield in recent weeks and that is going to continue for some time, as Morgan Schneiderlin will miss the match against United and Jack Cork, his usual deputy, is out for up to two months.
  • (5) "I think I heard the putt-putt of champagne corks popping in No 11," one Tory said.
  • (6) Apple’s Irish offices are based near Knocknaheeny, an impoverished northern suburb of Cork.
  • (7) This built-in element consists of a drummed (milled) cap reinforced with cast resin, and a cork bedding.
  • (8) So basically, if UK votes to leave, either Northern Ireland joins with Ireland or I’ll have to leave Northern Ireland and move to Dublin, or Cork, or Edinburgh.
  • (9) A cross-sectional study on suberosis was conducted to determine the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and the level of pulmonary function, and their relationships within job categories of exposure to cork dust, toluene diisocyanate (TDI) resin bonding and conidia, among cork workers.
  • (10) Measurements were made in phantoms containing aluminum or cork inhomogeneities.
  • (11) Various aspects relating to the accuracy of density scaling for air and cork slab inhomogeneities are discussed.
  • (12) By taking art out of the gallery and sticking it up, unannounced, in the street, he fostered the idea that he was returning art to the people, a graphic Robin Hood set against the feudal grip of Mayfair's Cork Street.
  • (13) The cork layer of the potato peel prevents dehydration of the wound and protects against exogenous agents.
  • (14) Some say it's best to bang them against a stone wall or step, others that they should be brined, and others still advocate popping a wine cork into the cooking pot.
  • (15) Later, during the early 1930s, he won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools, but soon began to spend more time in the galleries in and around Cork Street, only a stone's throw away from academia, and the pre-war powerhouse of the modern spirit.
  • (16) We have preferably employed the so called "inverted graft", while Regnauld, in his recent monography, defines it less satisfactory than the "cork" or "hat" shaped grafts.
  • (17) Photograph: PR We followed her advice, walking down to the stream in search of terrapins and otters, or through clusters of cork oak trees, their branches hairy with lichen like the ancient trees of a fairytale forest.
  • (18) Last weekend, 82,000 people wearing the red and white of Cork or the yellow and blue of Clare watched their heroes play out what many regard as the greatest All-Ireland hurling final.
  • (19) Sandbech, McMorris and Winter X Games champion Max Parrot were among those who threw the much-ballyhooed triple cork, which is three head-over-heels flips considered way more dangerous and athletic and presumed to be the must-have trick to win the first Olympic gold in this sport’s history.
  • (20) The gifted Cork hurler confessed he had “slept better before AI final (All-Ireland)“ than he had on Thursday night.

Words possibly related to "cocked"

Words possibly related to "corked"