stop up

/stɑp əp/

Other forms: stopped up; stopping up; stops up

Definitions of stop up

1. verb

   fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
   “stop up the leak”

   synonyms: plug, secure

   types:

   stopper, stopple

   close or secure with or as if with a stopper

   tampon

   plug with a tampon

   chink

   fill the chinks of, as with caulking

   cork, cork up

   close a bottle with a cork

   type of:

   close, fill up

   fill or stop up