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shut up

Definitions

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  • verb transitive To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
  • verb transitive To terminate (a business).
  • verb transitive To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.
  • verb transitive To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.
  • verb ergative Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
  • verb intransitive, colloquial I don't believe it!, no way!

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb cause to be quiet or not talk
  • verb refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
  • adjective closely confined
  • verb place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

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synonyms (200)

Words with the same meaning

  1. STFU
  2. anchoritic
  3. answer
  4. answer conclusively
  5. argue down
  6. bang
  7. bar
  8. barricade
  9. batten
  10. batten down
  11. be
  12. be mute
  13. be silent
  14. beleaguer
  15. beset
  16. besiege
  17. blockade
  18. bolt
  19. bottle up
  20. bound
  21. box in
  22. box up
  23. button
  24. button up
  25. cage
  26. can it
  27. cease
  28. chamber
  29. check
  30. choke
  31. choke off
  32. clap
  33. cloister
  34. cloistered
  35. close
  36. close down
  37. close in
  38. close shop
  39. close up
  40. compass
  41. confine
  42. confound
  43. confute
  44. constrain
  45. constrict
  46. contain
  47. contract
  48. contradict
  49. controvert
  50. coop
  51. coop in
  52. coop up
  53. cordon
  54. cordon off
  55. cork up
  56. corral
  57. cover
  58. crib
  59. crush
  60. defeat
  61. demolish
  62. deny
  63. detain
  64. dismiss
  65. dispose of
  66. domestic
  67. dry up
  68. dummy up
  69. encage
  70. encircle
  71. enclose
  72. encompass
  73. enshrine
  74. eremitic
  75. fall
  76. fasten
  77. fence in
  78. finish
  79. floor
  80. fold
  81. fold up
  82. forswear speech
  83. get out
  84. hedge in
  85. hem in
  86. hermitic
  87. hermitish
  88. hold
  89. hold in custody
  90. hold in restraint
  91. house in
  92. hush
  93. immure
  94. imperative
  95. impolite
  96. impound
  97. imprison
  98. in
  99. incarcerate
  100. include
  101. inhibit
  102. italbrac
  103. jail
  104. keep in
  105. keep in custody
  106. keep in detention
  107. keep mum
  108. keep quiet
  109. keep silent
  110. keep still
  111. kennel
  112. key
  113. latch
  114. leaguer
  115. lock
  116. lock out
  117. lock up
  118. make no sign
  119. mew
  120. mew up
  121. never
  122. no
  123. no way
  124. nonplus
  125. occlude
  126. overthrow
  127. overturn
  128. overwhelm
  129. padlock
  130. parry
  131. pen
  132. pen in
  133. pen up
  134. pipe down
  135. play dumb
  136. plumb
  137. pocket
  138. pound
  139. put a sock in it
  140. put to silence
  141. quarantine
  142. quiet
  143. quiet down
  144. quieten
  145. rail in
  146. rebut
  147. recluse
  148. reduce to silence
  149. refute
  150. restrain
  151. restrict
  152. say nothing
  153. seal
  154. seal off
  155. seal up
  156. secure
  157. sequestered
  158. settle
  159. sh
  160. shackle
  161. shaddap
  162. shrine
  163. shush
  164. shut
  165. shut down
  166. shut in
  167. shut it
  168. shut the door
  169. shut up shop
  170. shut your face
  171. shutter
  172. silence
  173. silent
  174. slam
  175. smash all opposition
  176. snap
  177. soft-pedal
  178. squash
  179. squeeze shut
  180. squelch
  181. st
  182. stable
  183. stand mute
  184. stash
  185. stay-at-home
  186. still
  187. strangle
  188. subvert
  189. surround
  190. the
  191. undermine
  192. upset
  193. wall in
  194. wrap
  195. yard
  196. yard up
  197. yeah right
  198. you don't say
  199. zip up
  200. zipper

equivalents (1)

Other words for 'shut%20up'

  1. confined

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. confine

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  • bilby commented on the word shut up

    ...............

    October 27, 2008

  • robdacosta commented on the word shut up

    ??? shut up =P

    Very use word 4 everybody!

    May 25, 2010