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cork up

verb corks up · corking up · corked up

  1. transitive To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork. Here's a bottle to cork that up in.

    Similar: cork

  2. transitive To block with a cork or something similar. Cork up that pipe.
  3. imperative, intransitive, slang, usually Shut up; be quiet. Hey! Cork up in there!
  4. transitive To make (someone) be quiet. You gotta cork him up.
  5. figuratively, transitive To suppress an emotion or impulse. He's been corking that anger up for years.

    Similar: bottle up

  6. 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.

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@misc{cork_up_2026,
  title = {cork up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cork%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}