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Lockup vs Shutup - What's the difference?

lockup | shutup |

As a noun lockup

is (slang) a jail, prison.

As a verb shutup is

(nonstandard).

lockup

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A jail, prison.
  • :He's in lockup for 30 days for drunk and disorderly.
  • (UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage
  • :Joe keeps his other car in a lockup downtown.

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    shutup

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (nonstandard)

    • Derived terms

    * shaddup (slang)

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