cork up (English, verb)
expansion: cork up (third-person singular simple present corks up, present participle corking up, simple past and past participle corked up)
Senses:
glosses: To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
tags: transitive
glosses: To block with a cork or something similar.
tags: transitive
glosses: Shut up; be quiet.
tags: imperative
intransitive
slang
usually
glosses: To make (someone) be quiet.
tags: transitive
glosses: To suppress an emotion or impulse.
tags: figuratively
transitive
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.
tags: intransitive
transitive
Forms:
form: corks up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: corking up
tags: participle
present
form: corked up
tags: participle
past
form: corked up
tags: past