corked up

cork up

1. Literally, to insert a cork into something, such as the opening of a bottle. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cork" and "up." There's still some wine in the bottle, so should we cork it up?
2. To become quiet. Typically used as an imperative. In this usage, the phrase is often "cork it up." Cork it up, kids—all the screaming is giving me a headache!
See also: cork, up

corked up

Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really corked up.
See also: corked, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

corked (up)

and corky
mod. alcohol intoxicated. You’d be corked up, too, if you’d drunk as much as I have. Willie’s acting sort of corky.
See also: corked, up
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • cork up
  • load in
  • cork high and bottle deep
  • piece out
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • cork off
  • corked
  • corking
References in classic literature
See here," continued he, drawing forth a small bottle and holding it before their eyes, "in this bottle I hold the small-pox, safely corked up; I have but to draw the cork, and let loose the pestilence, to sweep man, woman, and child from the face of the earth."
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountain