shut up
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shut up
- /ʃʌt ʌp/ UK
- [ʃʌt ʌp] UK
- [ʃʌt̚ ʌp] UK
- /ʃʌt ʌp/ US
- [ʃʌɾʌp] US
- /ʃʊɹʊp/ Yorkshire
- [ʃʊɹʊp] Yorkshire
verb shuts up · shutting up · shut up · shuddup · shutup
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To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
Similar: close off, seal up · Opposite: open, open up, reopen
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To terminate (a business).
Similar: end, terminate, wind up · Opposite: establish, set up, start, start up
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To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.
The wicked prince was shut up in the castle dungeon.
Similar: lock up, lock in, seal in, stash, stash away · Opposite: release
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Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, 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?
Similar: shush, hush, silence, quieten, belt up, button it, button one's lip, back that train up, can it, clam up, cork it, dummy up
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To murder, kill.
I just heard that your wife was trying to shut you up for the insurance money.
Similar: annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush
adjective more shut up · most shut up · shuddup · shutup · shurrup · shaddup
- 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.
interjection shuddup · shutup · shurrup · shaddup
- Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk), arguing, crying, etc. Shut up! We're sick of your whining!
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I don't believe it!, no way!
I got accepted to Yale! —Shut up, really? That's awesome!
Similar: get out, never, no, no way, stop it, yeah right, you don't say, shut the front door, I'll go to the foot of the stairs
Translations
Every language
verb put (an object) in a secure enclosed place
| Español | encerrar, guardar, resguardar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 封印する fūin suru |
| Français | enfermer, renfermer |
| Русский | запере́ть zaperétʹ |
verb enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave
| Español | encerrar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 監禁する kankin suru |
| Français | enfermer, renfermer |
| Русский | запере́ть zaperétʹ |
verb transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise
| Español | callar, acallar, callantar, acallantar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 黙らせる damaraseru |
| Português | calar |
| Français | faire taire, taire |
| Deutsch | Mund stopfen, shut someone's trap: Maul stopfen |
| Italiano | zittire, chiudere il becco |
| Русский | заткну́ть zatknútʹ |
| العربية | كَمَّمَ الفَمَ kammama l-fama |
| עברית | הִשְׁתִּיק hishtíq |
verb intransitive: to stop talking or making noise
| Español | callarse, cerrar la boca, callar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 静かにする shizuka ni suru |
| हिन्दी | चुप होना cup honā |
| Português | calar-se, calar a boca |
| Français | se taire, la fermer |
| Deutsch | den Mund halten |
| Italiano | fare silenzio, star zitto, tacere, chiudere il becco |
| Русский | заткну́ться zatknútʹsja |
| עברית | שָׁתַק shatáq |
intj "Stop talking."
intj "I don't believe it!"
| Español | no me digas, cállate la boca! |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | うそ uso |
| Português | mentira! |
| Français | arrête !, tu plaisantes !, c'est pas vrai ! |
| Italiano | ma va! |
| Ελληνικά | έλα éla, άντε ánte, τι λες τώρα ti les tóra, σώπα sópa, τι μου λες ti mou les |
| עברית | דַּי day |
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title = {shut up},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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