no

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of normally open.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Novus Ordo.
2. A lake in South Sudan.
3. A county of South Sudan.

adv

1. (alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable)Alternative form of No..
2. (not-comparable)Not, not at all.

   “It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.”

   “I can think of no more deserving cause.”

   “Look no further than one's nose.”

   “This is no different from what we've been doing all along.”

   “Is your sister any better? ~ No different. Still ill.”

3. (informal, not-comparable)Not, not at all.

   “This thing is no good.”

   “The teacher’s decision was no fair.”

4. (Scotland, informal, not-comparable)Not.

   “I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.”

   “Can ye no help me?”

   “AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no.”

5. (colloquial, humorous, not-comparable, usually)Not, does not, do not, etc.

   “Ug no like veggie.”

6. (alt-of, alternative, archaic, not-comparable)Alternative form of No.

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of No..
2. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
3. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.

   “Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no.”

4. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.

   “The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.”

5. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of No.

det

1. Not any.

   “no one”

   “There is no water left.”

   “No hot dogs were sold yesterday.”

   “I've got no wife and no children either.”

   “No two people are the same.”

2. Hardly any.

   “We'll be finished in no time at all.”

   “Fifty pounds for this is no money, really.”

3. Not any possibility or allowance of (something).

   “No smoking. No parking.”

   “There's no stopping her once she gets going.”

   “No under-18s (allowed).”

4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

   “My mother's no fool.”

   “Working nine to five every day is no life.”

   “No geese have blue beaks.”

particle

1. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.

   “No, you are mistaken.”

   “No, you may not watch television now.”

   “David, no!”

2. Used to express sadness or disappointment.

   “We lost. / No!”

3. Used to express disbelief.

   “I got the job! / No! Really? That's fantastic!”

4. Used to show agreement with a negative question.

   “"Don’t you like milk?" "No." (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")”

5. (colloquial)Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.

   “No, totally.”

   “No, yeah, that's exactly right.”

   “"Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!"”

prep

1. Without.

   “Look Ma, no hands!”

2. Like.

verb

1. (colloquial, intransitive)To say “no”.

   “She felt disquiet at these tales of Musa’s illicit activities. ‘Does your father know?’ / ‘My father always noes. He never yeses. Specially when he’s sick, then he noes all the time. I gotta get out. Can’t stick around the house with him yelling.[…]’”

   ““Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.””

   “There were days, entire years of his life, spent yessing and noing on the phone, picking up and hanging up and accomplishing nothing at all.”

2. (colloquial, transitive)To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.

   “Never accustom yourself to say ‘Yes,’—practise an emphatic and decisive enunciation of the far more dignified and important monosyllable, ‘No.’ […] Believe me, it is of the utmost importance (the advice is not of recent date) that you should No the world.”

   “BUDGET DIRECTOR SMITH / The President yessed his report […] SENATOR McCARRAN / He noed the President’s report”

   “Yet in every such instance—and there are scores of them—the Justices can do nothing but impotently point toward future action after Yessing or Noing past action by men in a position to act.”