Meaning of shut up in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

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

• To terminate (a business).

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

• To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.

• Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.

  Example: He was blathering on about something, but I managed to shut him up.

• (used only in the imperative) I don't believe it!, no way!

  Example: I got accepted to Yale! – Shut up, really? That's awesome!

• To murder, kill

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

adjective

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