sull up
To get in a bad mood and refuse to talk or cooperate, like when a child pouts.
Meanings
To become stubbornly sulky or unresponsive, refusing to engage; to go into a pouting, bad-tempered silence.
"Whenever he didn't get his way, he'd just sull up in the corner and refuse to talk to anyone."
Of an animal, especially a mule or dog: to become obstinate and refuse to move or obey commands.
"The old mule sulled up in the middle of the field and no amount of coaxing would get it moving again."
Dialectal expression mainly found in US Southern and South Midland English. 'Sull' is a dialectal form of 'sullen.' Rarely heard outside these regional dialects and largely absent from standard written English.
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