pop one's cork verb3 •(informal) To become explosively angry.Mr. Reubens, as a rock concert promoter, gets to pop his cork, spewing expletives with a patently cathartic force. — 2007 •(informal) To suddenly behave irrationally; to go crazy.I’m sorry to say that even the usually reliable David Denby of The New Yorker seems to have popped his cork, proclaiming it ‘by far the strongest American film of the year.’ — 2014 •(slang, vulgar) Of a man, to ejaculate.[S]he had given him a perfunctory jerkoff, not even taking his dick out of his pants, laughing as he popped his cork within moments. — 2009 formspopped one's cork · popping one's cork · pops one's cork