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Verb: be quiet
  1. Refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
    "The suspect was quiet when questioned by the police";
    - close up, clam up [informal], dummy up [N. Amer, informal], shut up, belt up [Brit, informal], button up, keep mum [informal]
Interjection: be quiet
  1. Be silent
    - hush, silence, sh, shh, shush [informal], whisht [UK, Ireland, dialect]

Derived forms: being quiet, been quiet, was quiet, is quiet

Type of: forbear, refrain

Encyclopedia: Be quiet