no-no

See also: nono, ñoño, nönö, and no no

English

Alternative forms
  • no no - often found in texts without the hyphen.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -əʊnəʊ
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Noun

no-no (plural no-nos)

  1. (colloquial, often childish) Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo.
    Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.
  2. (baseball, colloquial) A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.
    He threw two no-nos in his career.

Antonyms
  • (something forbidden, ...): must

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