Definition of shut up
shut up 
interjection
- used to indicate surprise or doubt.
You're 29 years old, Robbie? Shut up! You don't look a day older than 23!
- See more words with the same meaning: exclamations (list of).
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 09 2003.
verb - intransitive
- to stop talking.
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Last edited on Oct 13 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 09 2003.
verb - transitive
- to make a person stop talking.
That really shut him up.
Last edited on Jul 18 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 18 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'exclamations (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: seriously. | |
| Definitions include: "thanks". | |
| Definitions include: "screw this" or "fuck this". | |
| Definitions include: intensifier, usually expressing confusion or displeasure. | |
| Definitions include: Oi or oy has many meanings/origins. | |
| Definitions include: spelling variant of "yeah". | |
| Definitions include: statement of disbelief. | |
| Definitions include: meaningless filler word. | |
| Definitions include: Thank you. | |
| Definitions include: "no". | |
| Definitions include: yes; "bingo". | |
| Definitions include: common but non-standard spelling of jeez. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "big fucking deal." | |
| Definitions include: general exclamation. | |
Other terms relating to 'to stop talking': | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking; SHUT UP. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: to stop speaking. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking; SHUT UP. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: bathroom. | |
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Other terms relating to 'shut': | |
| Definitions include: I challenge your assertion. | |
| Definitions include: stop talking and act. | |
| Definitions include: Dissed. | |
| Definitions include: sleep. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: See barn door. | |
| Definitions include: To shut up. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking; SHUT UP. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking. | |
| Definitions include: to stop talking; SHUT UP. | |
| Definitions include: "shut the fuck up". | |
| Definitions include: shut up with "the fuck" infix intensifier. | |
| Definitions include: to shut up, i.e. stop talking. | |
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Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a situation that could end in multiple outcomes, each of which is equally likely. | |
| Definitions include: to move away from. | |
| Definitions include: to call someone to halt, particularly when the intention is to rob. | |
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