shut your trap!

  • 11shut your face! — shut your face (or mouth or trap)! informal used as a rude or angry way of telling someone to be quiet * * * shut your ˈmouth/ˈface! idiom (slang) a rude way of telling sb to be quiet or stop talking Main entry: ↑shut …

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  • 12shut your face / gob / trap / cake-hole / pie-hole — Exclam. Shut your mouth! Shut up! Be quiet! E.g. If you don t shut your gob I ll shut it for you! …

    English slang and colloquialisms

  • 13keep your trap shut — spoken phrase used for telling someone rudely to keep something secret Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quietsynonym ways of telling or not telling secretssynonym Main entry: trap …

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  • 14trap — trap1 [træp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for animals)¦ 2¦(clever trick)¦ 3¦(bad situation)¦ 4 fall into/avoid the trap of doing something 5 keep your trap shut 6 shut your trap! 7¦(vehicle)¦ 8¦(sport)¦ 9¦(dog race)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15trap — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR ANIMALS a piece of equipment for catching animals: a mouse caught in a trap | set a trap (=prepare it) see also: mousetrap 2 BAD SITUATION an unpleasant or difficult situation that is difficult to escape from: Amanda felt that… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16trap — [[t]træ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ traps, trapping, trapped 1) N COUNT A trap is a device which is placed somewhere or a hole which is dug somewhere in order to catch animals or birds. 2) VERB If a person traps animals or birds, he or she catches them using… …

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  • 17trap — trap1 [ træp ] noun count ** ▸ 1 for catching animals ▸ 2 bad situation ▸ 3 trick ▸ 4 problem to avoid ▸ 5 carriage ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a piece of equipment used for catching animals: set/lay a trap (=make it ready to be used): We set traps in the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18trap — 1. noun 1) an animal caught in a trap Syn: snare, net, mesh, deadfall, leghold (trap), pitfall 2) the question was set as a trap Syn: trick, ploy, ruse, deception, subterfuge; …

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  • 19trap — 1. n. the mouth. (Crude.) □ Shut your trap! □ Put this in your trap and chew it up. 2. n. a low place; a dive. □ I want out of this trap! □ This trap is a mess …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 20trap — 1. An opening. 2. Mouth. 1. Could you shut the trap? It s getting cold here. 2. Shut your trap. I don t want to hear another word from you …

    Dictionary of american slang