Definition of "corncob"

corncob

/ˈkɔːn.kɒb/

noun
plural corncobs
1. The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows.
  Quotations
  London is like a shelled corncob on the Derby day, and there is not a clerk who could raise the money to hire a saddle with an old hack under it that can sit down on his office-stool the next day without wincing.
  1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, “The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table”, in The “Breakfast-Table” Series, George Routledge and Sons, published 1882, page 23
  Six years of persistent research at the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, has resulted in establishing the fact that a number of interesting and useful by-products can be derived from the humble corncob.
  1922, “Corncob Seen as Source of New Industry”, in Henry Haven Windsor, editor, Popular Mechanics, volume XXXVIII, page 765
  He bit into a corncob, and Chisom watched him munch with his mouth open, his jaws working the corn like a mini grinding machine.
  2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters Street, Random House,, page 32
verb
third-person singular simple present corncobs, present participle corncobbing, simple past and past participle corncobbed
1. (intransitive, of turbines and rotor blades) To disintegrate by the blades becoming severed from the axis
2. (transitive, US, Internet slang) To defeat (someone) who then refuses to admit defeat.
  Quotations
  “Do you enjoy being corncobbed?”
  2017 July 18, Jeremy Gordon, “CNN’s Most Cynical Pundit Got Mercilessly Owned in a Reddit AMA”, in SPIN
  Trump had lost but was denying that this was the case. He had been corncobbed.
  2017 September 4, Amelia Tait, “The internet dictionary: what does it mean to be corncobbed?”, in The New Statesmen
  Distracted cops, rude asteroids and the corncobbing of Andrew Koenig
  2021, Daniel Hill, "The Big Mad: Missed Connections", Riverfront Times, 24 March 2021 - 30 March 2021, page 11

Definition of "corncob"

corncob

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