Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cork up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: cork up
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.

Transitive verb

verb

To block with a cork or something similar.

Transitive verb

verb

Shut up; be quiet.

Intransitive verb; Slang

verb

To make (someone) be quiet.

Transitive verb

verb

To suppress an emotion or impulse.

Transitive verb

verb

To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Here's a bottle to cork that up in."
"Cork up that pipe."
"Hey! Cork up in there!"
"You gotta cork him up."
"Then he put the insulted pipe in his pocket, corked himself up with the immense briar, and sneered at Cripps over the top of it."
"He's been corking that anger up for years."

Usage

Inflected Forms

corks up (present, singular) corking up (participle, present) corked up (participle, past) corked up (past)

Synonyms

cork bottle up

Questions

What does cork up mean?: To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.

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