shut one's trap

verb

Etymology

From the slang use of trap in reference to a person's mouth.

Definitions

  1. To stop talking

    To stop talking; to be quiet.

    • Why don't you just shut your trap? I'm tired of listening to you.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shut one's trap. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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