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put a sock in it

Definitions

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  • verb idiomatic To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth

Etymologies

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Possibly from a crude means of muffling a gramophone's speaker.

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  • see gagster

    April 17, 2009

  • I'm schtumped on this one

    April 17, 2009

  • You mean you're štumfed, don't you, strev?

    April 18, 2009

  • thank you rolig, I tried to say that but was štumfed

    April 20, 2009