put a sock in it

== English == === Etymology === Possibly from a crude means of muffling a record player's speaker. === Pronunciation === === Verb === put a sock in it (third-person singular simple present puts a sock in it, present participle putting a sock in it, simple past and past participle put a sock in it) (slang, idiomatic, humorous, somewhat derogatory) To stop talking; to be quiet; to shut one's mouth. Synonyms: stick a sock in it, stuff a sock in it ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:stop talking ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “put a sock in it”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.