zip one's lip

verb

To refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up.

“Why don’t you just zip your lip? I’m tired of listening to you.”

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Meanings

verbzip one's lip (third-person singular simple present zips one's lip, present participle zipping one's lip, simple past and past participle zipped one's lip)

present singular third person zips one's lip · participle present zipping one's lip · participle past zipped one's lip · past zipped one's lip · alternative zip it · alternative zip up one's lip

  1. idiomaticimperativeinformaloftenTo refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up.

    Why don’t you just zip your lip? I’m tired of listening to you.

    Synonyms: button it, button one’s lip, can it, put a sock in it, shut it, shut one’s face, shut one’s gob, shut one’s mouth

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo refrain from or to stop talking; to be quiet; shut up.

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button itbutton one’s lipcan itput a sock in itshut itshut one’s faceshut one’s gobshut one’s mouthshut one’s trapshut up
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button one's lip
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“zip one's lip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20one's%20lip. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zip one's lip,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zip%20one's%20lip.

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