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)
- (colloquial, often childish) Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo.
- Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.
- (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
Anagrams
- Noon, noon