shut up
Cease your speech
Shut up means to stop talking or making noise, often used as a blunt command: Shut up, I'm trying to concentrate.
It can express disbelief: Shut up—you actually met her?
To shut someone up is to silence them.
Shut up also means to close securely: We shut up the cabin for winter.
Total lack of sound
pipe down · hold your tongue · button it · cork it · can it · stifle · muzzle · gag
Cease making noise
- stuff itDismissive rejection of speech
- put a sock in itDemand for silence
- zip your lipCommand to stop talking
- blow offDismiss or skip casually
stick it · get lost · buzz off · back off · mind your business · butt out · who cares · take a hike
Authentication stamp or mark
- lockMechanism requiring a key
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- fastenFix securely in position
- secureProtected from harm
latch · bar · fence in · wall off · barricade · blockade · close off · lock down
Unable to talk
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- tongue-tiedUnable to express oneself
- lost for wordsUnable to express oneself
struck dumb · silenced · quieted · hushed · shushed · muted · gagged · censored
Expression of apathy
- talk to the handRude dismissal phrase
- as ifSuggesting something hypothetical
- yeah rightSarcastic dismissal of claims
- spare mePlea to stop talking
give me a break · who asked you · nobody cares · cry me a river · big deal · so what · get over it · drop it
silence
Total lack of sound
zip it · pipe down · hold your tongue · button it · cork it · can it · stifle · muzzle · gag · enough
be quiet
Cease making noise
- stuff itDismissive rejection of speech
- put a sock in itDemand for silence
- zip your lipCommand to stop talking
stick it · blow off · get lost · buzz off · back off · mind your business · butt out · who cares · take a hike
seal
Authentication stamp or mark
secure · latch · bar · fence in · wall off · barricade · blockade · close off · lock down · batten down
speechless
Unable to talk
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- dumbfoundedRendered speechless by surprise
- tongue-tiedUnable to express oneself
lost for words · struck dumb · silenced · quieted · hushed · shushed · muted · gagged · censored · suppressed
whatever
Expression of apathy
- talk to the handRude dismissal phrase
- as ifSuggesting something hypothetical
- yeah rightSarcastic dismissal of claims
spare me · give me a break · who asked you · nobody cares · cry me a river · big deal · so what · get over it · drop it · enough already
- phrasal verbslook at, put down, turn on, turn off, wait for
- disbeliefdisbelief, no way, incredulity, unbelievable, yeah right
- silence commandshush, shh, shush, be quiet, quiet
- silencequiet, silent, mute, hush, stillness
- Common Phraseshello, goodbye, thank you, please, sorry
- commandsgo, stop, wait, come, run