shut up
English
Verb
shut up (third-person singular simple present shuts up, present participle shutting up, simple past and past participle shut up)
- (transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
- (transitive) To terminate (a business).
- (transitive) To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:
- "You know the doctor's ways, sir," replied Poole, "and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid."
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:
- (transitive) To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.
- (ergative) Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
- You are talking so loud that I can't hear the music — would you mind shutting up?
- He was blathering on about something, but I managed to shut him up.
- (intransitive, colloquial, used only in the imperative) I don't believe it!, no way!
- "I got accepted to Yale!" / "Shut up, really? That's awesome!"
- (transitive, slang, dated) To murder, kill
- I just heard that your wife was trying to shut you up for the insurance money.
Usage notes
- When used in the imperative to tell someone to be quiet or to stop making a noise:
Synonyms
- (close (a building)): close off, seal up
- (terminate (a business)): end, terminate, wind up
- (enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room so that it cannot leave): lock in, seal in
- (put (an object) in a secure enclosed place): lock up, stash, stash away
- (to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) making noise): hush, quieten, shush, silence
- (to stop talking or making noise): be quiet, be silent, fall silent, hush, quieten down, shush; (in the imperative): be quiet!, can it!, hush!, put a sock in it!, quiet!, sh!, shush!, shut it!, shut your face! (impolite), shut your mouth! (impolite), shaddap, silence!, st!, STFU; see also Thesaurus:stop talking
- (I don't believe it): get out!, never!, no!, no way!, yeah right!, you don't say!
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
close (a building) so that no one can enter
terminate (a business)
enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
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imperative: "Shut up!" — See also translations at hold one's tongue
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"I don't believe it!"
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said to people to stop them talking or making noise |
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Adjective
shut up (comparative more shut up, superlative most shut up)
- Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter.
- 2010. Jem (And Sam). Ferdinand Mount.
- She did not come to Court, but she must have been taken to Montagu's house, for the Clerkenwell house was all shut up and was to be sold.
- 1865. The Wisconsin Farmer, and Northwestern Cultivator, Volume 17. Pg. 75.
- Open sheds are too much exposed to drifting snow, and they cannot be shut up and made warm enough for early lambing.
- 1880. An Earnest Trifler. Mary Aplin Sprague. Pg. 166.
- Beaudeck is a very shut-up place.
- 2010. Jem (And Sam). Ferdinand Mount.
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