Shut up

//ʃʌt ʌp// adj, intj, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    closely confined wordnet
Intj
  1. 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.

    "Shut up! We're sick of your whining!"

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

    "I got accepted to Yale! —Shut up, really? That's awesome!"

Verb
  1. 1
    To close (a building) so that no one can enter. transitive
  2. 2
    cause to be quiet or not talk wordnet
  3. 3
    To terminate (a business). transitive
  4. 4
    refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent wordnet
  5. 5
    To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container. transitive

    "The wicked prince was shut up in the castle dungeon."

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  1. 6
    place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape wordnet
  2. 7
    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. derogatory, ergative, imperative, often

    "You are talking so loud that I can't hear the music – would you mind shutting up?"

  3. 8
    To murder, kill. dated, slang, transitive

    "I just heard that your wife was trying to shut you up for the insurance money."

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