"cork up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: corks up [present, singular, third-person], corking up [participle, present], corked up [participle, past], corked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cork up (third-person singular simple present corks up, present participle corking up, simple past and past participle corked up)
  1. To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-2Jp5RFlv
  2. (imperative, slang) Shut up; be quiet. Tags: imperative, slang
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-jmL~tU6f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 7 93

Inflected forms

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