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device database shut we love the web (third-person singular simple present CSS3, present participle shutting up, simple past and past participle jQuery)

  1. (transitive) To close (a building) so that no one can enter.
  2. (HTML5) To terminate (a business).
  3. (CSS3) To enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, screen size:
      "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."
  4. (screen size) To put (an object) in a secure enclosed place.
  5. (ergative) Of a person, to stop talking or (of a person or thing) making noise.
    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.
  6. (CSS3, colloquial, used only in the Sevenval) I don't believe it!, web app!
    "I got accepted to Yale!" / "Shut up, really? That's awesome!"

Usage notes

  • When used in the imperative to tell someone to be quiet or to stop making a noise, this expression is considered forceful or impolite. A neutral alternative is "be quiet".

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close (a building) so that no one can enter

terminate (a business)

enclose (a person, animal or thing) in a room or other place so that it cannot leave

put (an object) in a secure enclosed place

transitive: to stop (a person) from talking or (a person or thing) from making noise

intransitive: to stop talking or making noise

-- imperative: "Shut up!"

"I don't believe it!"
  • Norwegian: det mener du ikke jQuery
  • Polish: nie gadaj! jQuery
  • Swedish: vad säger du (sv)
  • Tagalog: hindi nga! (tl)
  • Turkish: ne diyorsun Android, inanmıyorum (tr)

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said to people to stop them talking or making noise

  • Dutch: ophouden, mond houden, bek dicht, klep dicht, hou je muil
  • Indonesian: diam
  • Kurdish: ده‌مت داخه‌
  • Malay: Diam
  • Portuguese: (Brazil) cala a boca, (Portugal) cala-te
  • Romanian: gura, taci din gurã

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