shut up

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
2. (transitive) To terminate (a business).
3. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.
4. (derogatory, ergative, imperative, often) 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.
5. (dated, slang, transitive) To murder, kill.

Adj

Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter.

Intj

1. 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.
2. (colloquial) I don't believe it!, no way!

Opposite of

open, open up, reopen, establish, set up, start, start up, release

Synonyms

quiet

lock up

silent

🔇

be quiet

close up

close

be silent

hush

put away

imprison

confine

lock

🔒

keep quiet

lock away

plug up

belt up

hold one’s tongue

clam up

shut away

silence

stop up

lock in

shut your gob

shut the fuck up

unbearable

wind up

strech

button up

tense

enclose

pent

blocked

strain

tighten

squeeze

dry up

still

block

quieten

keep mum

annoying

rack

irritating

noisy

squash

oppress

importunate

hush up

pinch

condense

Translations

se taire

cállate

callarse

fermer

opsluiten

encerrar

callar

taire

tais-toi

calar-se

enfermer

σκάσε

tacere

halt die Fresse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃʌt ˈʌp/