shut up

Meanings

Verb

• To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
• To terminate (a business).
• To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.
• Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
• I don't believe it!, no way!
• To murder, kill.

Adjective

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

Related

Similar words

• close off, seal up
• end, terminate, wind up
• lock up, lock in, seal in, stash, stash away
• hush, quieten, shush, silence
• get out!, never!, no!, no way!, yeah right!, you don't say!, shut the front door!, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs!

Opposite words

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