Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To close (a building) so that no one can enter. 2 (context transitive English) To terminate (a business). 3 (context transitive English) To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave. 4 (context transitive English) To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place. 5 (context ergative English) Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise. 6 (context intransitive colloquial used only in the imperative English) I don't believe it!, no way!
WordNet
adj. closely confined [syn: pent, shut up(p)]
v. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached" [syn: close up, clam up, dummy up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum] [ant: open up]
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe" [syn: lock in, lock away, lock, put away, shut away, lock up]
cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" [syn: hush, quieten, silence, still, hush up] [ant: louden]
Wikipedia
Shut up is a slang term meaning "be quiet".
Shut Up may also refer to:
- "Shut Up" (R. Kelly song)
- " Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)", a single by Sin With Sebastian
- "Shut Up" (The Black Eyed Peas song)
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Shut Up (Kelly Osbourne album), 2003
- "Shut Up" (Kelly Osbourne song)
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Shut Up (LaFee album), 2008
- "Shut Up" (LaFee song)
- "Shut Up" (Madness song)
- "Shut Up" (Nick Lachey song)
- "Shut Up!" (Simple Plan song)
- "Shut Up" (Stormzy song)
- "Shut Up" (Unnies song)
- "Shut Up", a song by Christina Aguilera from the deluxe version of Lotus
- "Shut Up", a song by Blink-182 from the album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
- "Shut Up", a song by Joe Walsh from the album Songs for a Dying Planet
- "Shut Up", a song by the Bloodhound Gang from the album One Fierce Beer Coaster
- "Shut Up", a song by Lush
- "Shut Up", a song by Trick Daddy
"Shut Up" is a song by the American group The Black Eyed Peas. The song was released as the second single from their studio album, Elephunk (2003). It is about a disastrous courtship with the chorus consisting of the lines "Shut up, just shut up, shut up".
Shut Up is the debut album of Kelly Osbourne. After its failure and her consequent drop from Epic Records, the album was re-released in 2003 as Changes, featuring her and her father Ozzy's cover of the Black Sabbath song " Changes". The album is also known for featuring Osbourne's cover of Madonna's song " Papa Don't Preach".
"Shut Up" is the second single released by Kelly Osbourne. It is from her debut album Shut Up. It reached the top 20 of some European charts, but only reached #34 in Australia. It was not as successful as her debut single, a cover of " Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna.
Reportedly, Kelly wrote the song about her brother Jack Osbourne, and his annoyance of her when she was a child.
Shut Up is the third album recorded by LaFee, released on 27 June 2008. The music video for the first single, Shut Up, premiered on 30 May on The Dome. Shut Up is LaFee's first English album, and it contains English versions of songs from her first two studio albums, LaFee and Jetzt erst recht.
It was released officially in Japan on 28 January 2009 and features the same cover artwork used on the first single " Shut Up" instead of the artwork from the album's original release.
"Shut up" is a direct command with a meaning very similar to "be quiet"', but which is commonly perceived as a more forceful command to stop making noise or otherwise communicating, such as talking. The phrase is probably a shortened form of "shut up your mouth" or "shut your mouth up". Its use is generally considered rude and impolite, and may also considered a form of profanity by some.
"Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)" is a song by German eurodance artist Sin With Sebastian. It was released in May 1995 as the lead single from his debut album, Golden Boy. The song was a Europe-wide hit, reaching number-one in Austria, Finland, and Spain. The song also reached the top 10 in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.
"Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You Got)" is a song recorded by British singer Amelia Lily. It was released on 20 January 2013, as her second single, Lily revealed that the track was a stronger release compared to her debut, citing that the track highlighted her attitude, vocals and a representation as an artist. The song was written by Brian Higgins, Luke Fitton, Tim Deal, Matt Gray, Miranda Cooper, Brooke X, Tim Powell, Toby Scott, Owen Parker and Joshua Jenkin.
"Shut Up" is a pop song written by Suggs and Chris Foreman. It was recorded by British pop/ska band Madness, and was featured on the band's third album 7. It was released as a single on September 11, 1981, spending 10 weeks in the UK Singles Chart. It reached a high position of number 7.
The song tells a story of a criminal who, despite obvious evidence, tries to convince people he is not guilty. Even though the song is called "Shut Up", the two words do not appear in the lyrics at all. However, they were the final words of an additional verse which was part of an early version of the song.
"Shut Up" is a song written and performed by American R&B singer R. Kelly and included on his twelfth solo studio album Black Panties. The song was released on November 10, 2011 through YouTube, The song was the first song he recorded after his throat surgery in 2011. He made this song for all of the people saying he was done and for the media writing false rumors and lies about him. "Shut Up" is closing song on the standard version Black Panties album.
"Shut Up" is a song by English MC Stormzy. The song was released independently for digital download in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2015 as the B-side to the "WickedSkengMan 4" single. It was produced by XTC and written by Stormzy. "Shut Up" was originally released as a freestyle video in May 2015 but gained popularity over the year.
The song initially entered at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2015, however following a Christmas number 1 campaign the song rose to number 8.
"Shut Up" is a song by Unnies, a special girl group comprising the cast members from the South Korean reality show Sister's Slam Dunk. Written and produced by Park Jin-young, it was released by KBS Media and LOEN Entertainment on July 1, 2016.
Usage examples of "shut up".
Now, if you don't shut up about this Tophet stuff, that's what you're going to get.
I shut up, as well as I could, in my own heart the anxiety that preyed there, and entered with seeming earnestness into the plans of my father, although they might only serve as the decorations of my tragedy.
And so Albertus observes, That there is one kind of frog that hath her mouth naturally shut up about the end of August, and that she lives so all the winter: and though it be strange to some, yet it is known to too many among us to be doubted.
He is now shut up in his apartment, whither I heard him go on leaving mine.
It is that Tasso was shut up in the lunatic-asylum because he had aspired to the hand of the duke's sister Leonora.
So with the three passengers shut up in the narrow compass of one lumbering old mail coach.