shut up

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Verb

to shut up (third-person singular simple present shuts up, present participle shutting up, simple past and past participle shut up)

1. (transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
2. (transitive) To terminate (a business).
3. (transitive) To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde:

     "You know the doctor's ways, sir," replied Poole, "and how he shuts himself up. Well, he's shut up again in the cabinet; and I don't like it, sir—I wish I may die if I like it. Mr. Utterson, sir, I'm afraid."

4. (transitive) To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.
5. (transitive) To stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) making noise.
6. (intransitive) Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.

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

7. (intransitive, slang, used only in the imperative) I don't believe it!, no way!

Usage notes

• When used in the imperative to tell someone to be quiet or to stop making a noise, this expression is considered forceful or impolite. A neutral alternative is "be quiet".

Synonyms

• (close (a building)): close off, seal up
• (terminate (a business)): end, terminate, wind up
• (enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room so that it cannot leave): lock in, seal in
• (put (an object) in a secure enclosed place): lock up, stash, stash away
• (to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) making noise): hush, quieten, shush, silence
• (to stop talking or making noise): 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! (impolite), shaddap, silence!, st!, STFU
• (I don't believe it): get out!, never!, no!, no way!, yeah right!, you don't say!

Antonyms

• (close (a building)): open, open up, reopen
• (terminate (a business)): establish, set up, start, start up
• (enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room so that it cannot leave): release

Derived terms

• put up or shut up

Translations

close (a building) so that no one can enter

Finnish: sulkea (fi), lukita (fi) French: fermer (fr) Hiligaynon: saradhi Hungarian: becsuk (hu), becsap (hu) Japanese: 封鎖する (ja) (fūsa suru)

Polish: zamknąć (pl) Spanish: cerrar (es) Swedish: stänga (sv), låsa (sv) Tagalog: isara (tl) Turkish: kilitlemek (tr), kapatmak (tr)

terminate (a business)

Finnish: sulkea, lopettaa (toiminta) Hungarian: bezár (hu) Japanese: たたむ (ja) (tatamu) Polish: zamknąć (pl)

Russian: запереть (ru) (=lock up) Spanish: cerrar (es), clausurar (es) Swedish: stänga (sv), slå igen (sv)

enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave

Finnish: sulkea (fi), teljetä (fi), vangita (fi) French: enfermer (fr), renfermer (fr) Hungarian: bezár (hu) Japanese: 監禁する (ja) (kankin suru) Polish: zamknąć (pl)

Spanish: encerrar (es) Swedish: låsa in (sv), bura in (sv) Tagalog: ikulong (tl), ilagay (tl), itago (tl) Turkish: hapsetmek (tr), kapatmak (tr)

put (an object) in a secure enclosed place

Finnish: laittaa talteen French: enfermer (fr), renfermer (fr) Hungarian: elzár (hu) Japanese: 封印する (ja) (fūin suru)

Polish: zamknąć (pl) Spanish: encerrar (es), guardar (es), resguardar (es) Swedish: låsa in (sv) Turkish: kapatmak (tr), kilitlemek (tr)

transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise

Finnish: hiljentää, vaientaa, tehdä hiljaiseksi, sulkea suu French: faire taire, taire (fr) Hungarian: elhallgattat (hu) Japanese: 黙らせる (ja) (damaraseru) Polish: zamknąć (pl)

Portuguese: calar (pt) Russian: заткнуть (ru) (zatknút') pf. (rude) Spanish: callar (es) Swedish: tysta (sv), kväsa (sv) Turkish: susturmak (tr), çenesini kapatmak (tr)

intransitive: to stop talking or making noise

Dutch: zwijgen (nl) Finnish: hiljetä, vaieta, sulkea suunsa French: se taire (fr) German: den Mund halten (de) Hungarian: kussol (hu), elkussol (hu), bekussol (hu), befogja a száját (hu), befogja a pofáját (hu) Italian: fare silenzio, star zitto, tacere Japanese: 静かにする (ja) (shizuka ni suru)

Persian: خفه شو (fa) Polish: zamknąć się (pl) Portuguese: calar-se (pt), calar a boca (pt) Russian: заткнуться (ru) (zatknútsja') pf. (rude) Spanish: callarse (es), cerrar la boca (es) Swedish: tiga (sv) Turkish: susmak (tr)

-- imperative: "Shut up!"

Afrikaans: bly stil (af) Albanian: shët (sq)!, qetësi (sq)!, mbylle gojën (sq)! Arabic: صه (ar) (Sah), اسكت (ar) (úskut), إخرس (ar) ('íkhras), سكر تمك (ar) (sákkir túmmak) Belarusian: заткніцеся (be) (zatkniciesia)! Bulgarian: млъкни (bg) (mlakni!) Cantonese: 收聲 Chinese: Mandarin: 閉嘴 (cmn), 闭嘴 (cmn) (bìzuǐ), 住口 (cmn) (zhùkǒu) Min Nan: 恬去 (tiām-khì) Croatian: začepi! (hr), ((more polite than "začepi", but still impolite: )) šuti! (hr), začepi gubicu! (hr), začepi gubec! (hr) Czech: mlč (cs)!, drž hubu (cs) Danish: hold kæft (da) Estonian: suu kinni (et)! Finnish: ole hiljaa sg. / olkaa hiljaa pl., hiljaa, suu tukkoon (impolite), turpa kiinni (rude) 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 German: halt den Mund (de), halt dein Maul (de), halt die Fresse (de), halt die Klappe (de) (sg.), halt's Maul (de), halt den Rand (de) Greek: σκασμός (skasmós), σκάσε (skáse), βούλωσέ το (vulosé to), ησυχία (isikhía) informal, πάψε (pápse) informal

Hebrew: שתוק (he) (shtók), סתום (he) (stóm), סתום ת'פה (he) (stóm tapé) Hiligaynon: hipus! Hungarian: kuss (hu), pofa be (hu) Italian: stai zitto, taci, zitto informal and singular, state zitti, tacete, zitti pl., silenzio Japanese: (impolite, stop talking) だまれ (ja) (damare); (impolite, noisy) うるさい (ja) (urusai); (polite) お静かに (ja) (o-shizuka ni); (polite and rude) お黙り (ja) (o-damari) Korean: please add this translation if you can Navajo: nizghééʼ Norwegian: hold kjeft (no), hold tåta (no), kjeften (no), kjeft (no), hold munn (no) Polish: zamknij się (pl) Portuguese: cala a boca, cale-se, cale a boca, cala-te Romanian: taci din gură (ro), taci (ro) Russian: заткнись (ru) (zatknís') (sg.), заткнитесь (ru) (zatknítes') (pl.), замолчи (ru) (zamolčí) (sg.), замолчите (ru) (zamolčíte) (pl.), закрой рот (ru) (zakrój rot) (sg.), закройте рот (ru) (zakrójte rot) (pl.) Scots: haud yer wheesht Spanish: cállate (es), cierra la boca (es), callad (es), cállanse (es), cállese (es), silencio (es) Swedish: håll tyst (sv), håll käften (sv), tig (sv), håll mun (sv) Tagalog: tumahimik ka! (tl) Turkish: kapa çeneni (tr), sus (tr), kes sesini (tr) Welsh: cau dy geg

"I don't believe it!"

Dutch: ga weg!, dat meen je niet!, nooit! Finnish: älä sano!, höpö-höpö! Greek: έλα (éla), άντε (ánte) Hungarian: nem mondod (hu), micsoda (hu) Italian: ma va! (it)

Polish: nie gadaj! (pl) Swedish: vad säger du (sv) Tagalog: hindi nga! (tl) Turkish: ne diyorsun (tr), inanmıyorum (tr)

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said to people to stop them talking or making noise Dutch: ophouden, mond houden, bek dicht, klep dicht, hou je muil Indonesian: diam Kurdish: ده‌مت داخه‌ Malay: Diam Portuguese: (Brazil) cala a boca, (Portugal) cala-te Romanian: gura, taci din gurã

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