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cork it

cork it verb: to be quiet; to shut up.

Verb

cork it (third-person singular simple present corks it, present participle corking it, simple past and past participle corked it)

  1. (slang) To be quiet; to shut up.
    • He was so loud I told him to cork it.

Synonyms of cork it

Forms of cork it

third-person singular presentcorks it
present participlecorking it
past participlecorked it
pastcorked it

Questions about cork it

What does cork it mean?
Cork it means to be quiet; to shut up.
What part of speech is cork it?
Cork it is a verb.
What is the past tense of cork it?
The past tense of cork it is corked it.

Words near cork it in the dictionary

  1. cork cambiums
  2. cork elm
  3. cork elms
  4. cork hat
  5. cork hats
  6. cork it
  7. cork jacket
  8. cork jackets
  9. cork line
  10. cork lines
  11. cork moth

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