"pop one's cork" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pop one's cork.ogg [Australia] Forms: pops one's cork [present, singular, third-person], popping one's cork [participle, present], popped one's cork [participle, past], popped one's cork [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pop one's cork (third-person singular simple present pops one's cork, present participle popping one's cork, simple past and past participle popped one's cork)
  1. (idiomatic) To become explosively angry. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pop_one's_cork-en-verb-g-YOpw2D
  2. (idiomatic) To suddenly behave irrationally; to go crazy. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-pop_one's_cork-en-verb-4dDaZEuZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 51 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 51 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 50 31 Disambiguation of English predicates: 24 44 32 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 53 28
  3. (idiomatic, vulgar, of a man) To ejaculate. Tags: idiomatic, vulgar Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: blow one's cork, blow one's stack, blow one's top, go ape, go apeshit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, lose it, lose one's rag, lose one's temper
    Sense id: en-pop_one's_cork-en-verb-rvCEwRlu Disambiguation of Anger: 6 40 54

Inflected forms

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