shut up

Alternative forms

 * eye dialect
 * eye dialect

Verb

 * 1)  To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
 * 2)  To terminate (a business).
 * 3)  To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.
 * 4)  Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
 * 5)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
 * 2)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
 * 2)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  To murder, kill.
 * 1)  To murder, kill.

Synonyms

 * , in, seal in, , stash away
 * be quiet, be silent, fall silent, hush, quieten down, shush; (in the imperative): be quiet!, can it!, hush!, put a sock in it!, quiet!, sh!, shush!, shut it!, shut your face!, shut your mouth! , shaddap, silence!, st!, STFU; see also Thesaurus:stop talking
 * !, never!, no!, no way!, yeah right!, you don't say!, shut the front door!, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs!
 * be quiet, be silent, fall silent, hush, quieten down, shush; (in the imperative): be quiet!, can it!, hush!, put a sock in it!, quiet!, sh!, shush!, shut it!, shut your face!, shut your mouth! , shaddap, silence!, st!, STFU; see also Thesaurus:stop talking
 * !, never!, no!, no way!, yeah right!, you don't say!, shut the front door!, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs!
 * !, never!, no!, no way!, yeah right!, you don't say!, shut the front door!, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs!

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: låse, låse af
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κατακλείω
 * Hiligaynon: saradhi
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: låse, låse av, stenge
 * Nynorsk: låsa, låsa av, stengja
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, lopettaa (toiminta)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: arceō
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: avslutta
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: låse ind
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: includo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: låse inn
 * Nynorsk: låsa inn
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kulong, ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: låse ind
 * Finnish: laittaa talteen
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian: карам да замълчи
 * Catalan:
 * Chinook Jargon: k'aʔ
 * Dutch: kop dicht
 * Finnish:, , tehdä hiljaiseksi, sulkea suu, tukkia suu
 * French: faire taire,
 * Galician:
 * German: Mund stopfen, shut someone's trap: Maul
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, chiudere il becco
 * Japanese: 黙らせる
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinook Jargon: k'aʔ
 * Czech:
 * Danish: holde mund,, , klappe kaje
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , sulkea suunsa
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: den Mund halten
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, elkussol, bekussol, befogja a száját, befogja a pofáját, ,
 * Italian: fare silenzio, star zitto,, chiudere il becco
 * Japanese: 静かにする
 * Latin:, conticeo
 * Malay: ,
 * Maore Comorian: ɓuriha
 * Maori: whakangūngū, taipa
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ɗaza
 * Norwegian: ti stille, holde kjeft
 * Bokmål: holde kjeft, holde munn,
 * Nynorsk: halda kjeft, halda munn, teia
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: calar-se, calar a boca
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tumahimik
 * Tamil: வாயை பொத்து
 * Turkish:
 * Tày: bắt, đắp
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרמאַכן דעם פּיסק
 * Záparo: yánunu


 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:

Adjective

 * 1) Closed up or off, as in a building that no one is to enter.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 1865. The Wisconsin Farmer, and Northwestern Cultivator, Volume 17. Pg. 75.
 * Open sheds are too much exposed to drifting snow, and they cannot be shut up and made warm enough for early lambing.
 * 1) * 1880. An Earnest Trifler. Mary Aplin Sprague. Pg. 166.
 * Beaudeck is a very shut-up place.

Interjection

 * 1)  Stop talking, crying, etc.
 * 2)  I don't believe it!, no way!
 * 3) * 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, , Season 2, Episode 6:
 * Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK. What does that actually involve?
 * 1) * 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, , Season 2, Episode 6:
 * Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK. What does that actually involve?
 * Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK. What does that actually involve?

Usage notes

 * When used to mean "stop talking", this expression is rude, forceful and impolite. A neutral alternative is . When used as an expression of disbelief, it is not usually taken as offensive.
 * The derived phrase shut the fuck up may rarely be shortened to.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: bly stil
 * Albanian: shët!, !, mbylle gojën!
 * Arabic:, اُسْكُت, اِخْرَس
 * Egyptian Arabic: إخراس!, أخرسي!
 * Hijazi Arabic: اسكت, انخرس, انطم
 * Moroccan Arabic: بلَّع فمك!, سكت
 * North Levantine Arabic: سكر نيعك!, سكر بوزك!
 * Armenian: լռի՛ր
 * Basque: isildu
 * Belarusian: заткні́цеся!, зябі́ ля́пу!
 * Breton:, serr da veol
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ပါးစပ်ပိတ်ထား
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: ,
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chinook Jargon: k'aʔ!
 * Corsican: stà zittu,
 * Czech:, mlčte, , držte hubu
 * Danish: hold kæft
 * Dutch: hou je kop, kop dicht, hou je smoel, hou je bek
 * Esperanto: silentu
 * Estonian: suu kinni, ole vait, jää vait
 * Finnish: ole hiljaa, olkaa hiljaa,, suu tukkoon , turpa kiinni
 * French: tais-toi! informal, taisez-vous! formal or plural; ferme-la! informal and impolite, boucle-la! informal and impolite, ta gueule! informal and very impolite
 * Galician: cala, cala a boca
 * Georgian: მოკეტე, ხმა ჩაიკმინდე
 * German: halt den Mund, halt dein Maul, halt die Fresse, halt die Klappe, , halt den Rand
 * Greek:, , βούλωσέ το, ησυχία (isikhía) informal, πάψε (pápse) informal
 * Hebrew:, , סתום ת'פה
 * Hiligaynon: hipus!
 * Hindi: चुप रहो!, चुप रह!, चुप रहिए
 * Hungarian:, pofa be, fogd be, csend legyen
 * Ido: tacez
 * Irish: éist do bhéal, dún do bhéal, dún do chlab
 * Italian: chiudi la bocca, stai zitto,, , , state zitti, , ,
 * Japanese: だまれ;  ;  お静かに;  お黙り
 * Khmer: ឈប់និយាយ
 * Korean:, ,
 * Lao: ຫຸບປາກ
 * Latin: tace ; tacete, favete linguis
 * Latvian: apklusti, aizver muti
 * Lithuanian: tylėk, tylėkite, nutilk, nutilkite, užsičiaupk, užsičiaupkite
 * Malay: diam
 * Maltese:
 * Mongolian: хаалттай
 * Navajo: nizghééʼ
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ɗaza
 * Norwegian: hold kjeft, hold tåta, kjeften,, hold munn, hold kjeft
 * Occitan: cala-te, calatz-vos,, calatz
 * Old Norse: þegi þú
 * Persian: خفه شو, زر نزن
 * Polish:, zamknijcie się, zamknij ryj , zamknijcie ryje , , zamknij dupę , stul dziób , stul pysk , zamknij mordę
 * Portuguese:, cale-se, cale a boca, cala-te
 * Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪ ਕਰ!
 * Romanian: taci din gură,, gura, , taci naibii , taci dracului , taci în mă-ta , taci în mă-sa , taci în pula mea , taci în pizda mă-tii , taci în pizda mă-sii , taci în futere , taci în pula calului , taci dracu' , taci naiba
 * Russian: заткни́сь, заткни́тесь;, замолчи́те; закро́й рот, закро́йте рот
 * Scots: haud yer wheesht
 * Scottish Gaelic: dùin do chab
 * Serbo-Croatian: začepi!, šuti!,, gubec, zaveži!,
 * Spanish: cállate la boca,, cierra la boca, , cállanse, ,
 * Swedish:, , , håll mun, håll klaffen, ,
 * Tagalog: tumahimik ka!
 * Tamil: வாயை மூடு
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, , kes sesini
 * Tày: bắt, đắp
 * Ukrainian: заткни́ся!, замо́вкни!, закри́й пизда́к
 * Urdu: چپ رہو!, چپ رہ!, چپ رہئے!
 * Vietnamese:, câm mồm, câm miệng, ngậm miệng, câm đi, câm đê, im đi, , im đê,
 * Welsh: cau dy geg
 * Yiddish: פֿאַרמאַך דײַן פּיסק


 * Danish: det mener du ikke
 * Dutch: ga weg!, dat meen je niet!, nooit!
 * Finnish: älä sano!,
 * French:
 * Georgian: არ არსებობს
 * Greek:, , τι λες τώρα, , τι μου λες
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: nem mondod,
 * Italian: ma va!
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: det mener du ikke
 * Polish: nie gadaj!, co ty gadasz
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: vad säger du, du skojar,
 * Tagalog: hindi nga!
 * Turkish: ne diyorsun,