Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

corkscrew

UK /ˈkɔːk.skɹuː/ · US /ˈkɔɹk.skɹu/ noun, adjective, verb

Forms corkscrews corkscrewing corkscrewed

noun An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm. “I opened the wine with a corkscrew.”
noun The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
noun (boxing, martial arts) A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
noun (amusement rides) A type of inversion used in roller coasters.
adjective Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew.
verb (intransitive) To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting.
verb (transitive) To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape.
verb (transitive, informal) To extract information or consent from someone.

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “corkscrew”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details