cork up
cork up · corks up · corked up · corking up
To enclose in a bottle sealed with a corkTo enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
Here's a bottle to cork that up in.
close a bottle with a cork
(transitive)To block with a cork or something similar.
Cork up that pipe.
(imperative, intransitive, slang, usually)Shut up; be quiet.
Hey! Cork up in there!
(transitive)To make (someone) be quiet.
You gotta cork him up.
(figuratively, transitive)To suppress an emotion or impulse.
He's been corking that anger up for years.
(intransitive, transitive)To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.
I'm sure's been corking up.
He must have corked up that bat.
Forms
corks up, corking up, corked up, corked up| Base form | cork up · to cork up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | corks up |
| Present participle | corking up |
| Past simple | corked up |
| Past participle | corked up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb