†to hold one's mouth: to remain silent; to restrain one's speech (obsolete). to shut (also close) one's mouth: to refrain from speaking. to keep o…

†to hold one's mouth: to remain silent; to restrain one's speech (obsolete). to shut (also close) one's mouth: to refrain from speaking. to keep o…

To cease speaking, keep silence.

intransitive. To become dumb, speechless, or silent.

To stop speaking of or discoursing on a matter. intransitive. Also with of. Obsolete.

Slang and colloquial phrases: to turn a sock; in one's socks, as a condition of measurement of stature; = to stand in one's stockings at stocking, n.2…

intransitive. To become or be silent, quiet, or still. Also colloquial with up.

intransitive. To cease speaking; to become silent or still.

To cease speaking, break off one's discourse; to pause, stop or hesitate before speaking. Said also of a discourse. Obsolete.

slang. intransitive. To cease speaking, ‘shut up’. Obsolete.

To pause in speech or narrative; to break off in the middle of a sentence. Also to stop short, to pause abruptly. †Also reflexive.

to save one's breath (also wind): to refrain from talking so as not to argue fruitlessly or waste one's energy, esp. on a lost cause; to be…

The Latin for ‘Be silent’. tace is Latin for a candle, a humorously veiled hint to any one to keep silent about something.

Cant. stubble it!, stubble your whids! hold your tongue!

The mouth, esp. in phrases.: shut your trap! be quiet!; to keep one's trap shut, to remain silent. slang.

to keep a calm (or quiet) sough, to keep quiet, to say little or nothing. Scottish.

Cant. stubble it!, stubble your whids! hold your tongue!

intransitive (colloquial or slang.) To shut one's mouth, to stop talking. (Cf. 10) Often in imperative.

to dry up. transitive. intransitive (slang or colloquial). To stop the flow of words, cease talking; also gen. to stop, cease. spec. = sense 2d…

slang. intransitive. To stop, cease; to stop talking. Obsolete. rare.

Of a person, etc. intransitive. To cease from activity; spec. to lapse into silence.

intransitive. colloquial. To stop talking, be quiet, be less noisy or insistent. Frequently imperative. Also occasionally transitive: to cause (a…

transitive. To close (something) by bringing together the outward covering parts. (a) to shut (one's) mouth: chiefly in pregnant sense, to cease…

= ‘shut up’ (see to shut up 13 at shut, v. phrasal verbs).

intransitive. To come to a halt; to cease talking or writing. U.S.

slang (chiefly U.S.). To shut up; be silent. Also to clam up on: to refuse to talk to (someone).

Suddenly to forget or fail to speak one's words in a play or other performance. colloquial.

intransitive. Chiefly with up. To be silent; to keep quiet; to shut up.

to oyster up. intransitive. slang. To become silent; to shut up. Cf. clam, v.4 2. rare.