# shut up

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʃʌt ʌp/

## Definitions
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 (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
5. To murder, kill.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shut-up