shut up
/ʃʌt ʌp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.77 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To put (someone or something) in a secure enclosed space, such as a room or container.
Transitive verb
verb
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.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "The wicked prince was shut up in the castle dungeon."
- "The engineer had shut the locomotive up in the shed for twenty years."
- "'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.'"
- ""Oh no, snow!" whined Falcon Housebird to her mistress, Queeny Diamond-Heart. I'll be shut up at your house! At your mercy! With no way to get away!""
- "You are talking so loud that I can't hear the music – would you mind shutting up?"
- "He was blathering on about something, but I managed to shut him up."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃʌt ʌp/
- British English: /ʃʌt ʌp/
Usage
Inflected Forms
shuts up (present, singular)
shutting up (participle, present)
shuddup (alternative)
shutup (alternative)
shurrup (alternative)
shaddup (alternative)
more shut up (comparative)
most shut up (superlative)