noun
plural corks
[noncount] :a material that is made from the soft bark of a kind of oak tree
[count] :a piece of cork or another material (such as plastic) that is put in the end of bottle to close it
put a cork in it
chiefly US informal - used as a rude way to tell someone to stop talking and especially to stop complaining
verb
corks; corked; corking
[+ obj] to close (something, such as a bottle) with a cork
to put cork inside (something, such as a baseball bat)