"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. (transitive) To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-2Jp5RFlv
  2. (transitive) To block with a cork or something similar. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-GWIWj5yW
  3. (usually imperative, slang, intransitive) Shut up; be quiet. Tags: imperative, intransitive, slang, usually
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-jmL~tU6f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 47 35 4 10 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 3 4 48 32 5 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 4 47 35 4 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 49 37 2 8
  4. (transitive) To make (someone) be quiet. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-~eZ~y-t9
  5. (transitive, figurative) To suppress an emotion or impulse. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-9~GQ1oPm
  6. (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-cork_up-en-verb-EhXvR71G Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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    {
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    {
      "form": "corked up",
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          "text": "Here's a bottle to cork that up in.",
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        "To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork."
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        "(transitive) To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Cork up that pipe.",
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        "(transitive) To block with a cork or something similar."
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        "Shut up; be quiet."
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        "(usually imperative, slang, intransitive) Shut up; be quiet."
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) be quiet."
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        "To suppress an emotion or impulse."
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        "(transitive, figurative) To suppress an emotion or impulse."
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          "text": "I'm sure's been corking up.",
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        "(transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it."
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        "To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork."
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          "cork",
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        "(transitive) To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork."
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        {
          "text": "Cork up that pipe.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To block with a cork or something similar."
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        "(transitive) To block with a cork or something similar."
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        "Shut up; be quiet."
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        "(usually imperative, slang, intransitive) Shut up; be quiet."
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        "To make (someone) be quiet."
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        "(transitive) To make (someone) be quiet."
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      "glosses": [
        "To suppress an emotion or impulse."
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        "(transitive, figurative) To suppress an emotion or impulse."
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          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "He must have corked up that bat.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it."
      ],
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        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
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        "(transitive, intransitive, baseball) To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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  ],
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