Shut up Common

Shut up has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Verb

refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent

"The children shut up when their father approached"

close up clam up dummy up shut up belt up button up be quiet keep mum

place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"

"She locked her jewels in the safe"

lock in lock away lock put away shut up shut away lock up

cause to be quiet or not talk

"Please silence the children in the church!"

hush quieten silence still shut up hush up

To close (a building) so that no one can enter.

Adjective

closely confined

pent shut up

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

Example Sentences

"The children shut up when their father approached" verb

"The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend" verb

"She locked her jewels in the safe" verb

"Please silence the children in the church!" verb