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put a sock in it en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Possibly from a crude means of muffling a record player's speaker.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, slang) To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth.
    • He went on and on until I finally told him to put a sock in it.
    • I found out from his mate that he was a Longfellow fan, and the fireman complained bitterly that, not being poetically inclined himself, he often wished that Alfred would "put a sock in it." 1943 September and October, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
puts a sock in it Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
putting a sock in it Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put a sock in it Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put a sock in it Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

stick a sock in it · stuff a sock in it

Translations (1)

ru затыкаться (To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth)