no go

See also: nogo and no-go

English

Alternative forms

• no-go

Pronunciation

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Adjective

no go (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of no-go
   • 1937, Louis MacNeice, Bagpipe Music:

     It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no go the rickshaw, / All we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow.

Noun

no go (plural no gos or no goes)

1. (informal, slang, US) Something which should not or cannot be done.

Translations

something which should not or cannot be done

• Danish: no go n
• German: No-Go (de) n

See also

• no can do
• no-fly
• non-starter
• no-show

Anagrams

• Goon, go on, gono-, goon, noog, ongo

Danish

Etymology

English no go

Noun

no go n

1. something which should be not be done