shut up

1. 1.

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   Synonymspent

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Questions about shut up

What does shut up mean?

shut up means "refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for shut up?

Close synonyms include close up, clam up, dummy up, belt up, button up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shut up a common word?

shut up is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.