Overview of verb button-up

The verb button up has 1 sense

• close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum -- (refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached")

Overview of adj buttoned-up

The adj buttoned-up has 2 senses

• buttoned-up -- ((British colloquial) not inclined to conversation)


• buttoned-up -- (conservative in professional manner; "employers are looking for buttoned-up types")