"no-no" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-no-no.ogg [US] Forms: no-nos [plural], no-noes [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊnəʊ Head templates: {{en-noun|+|es}} no-no (plural no-nos or no-noes)
  1. (colloquial, often childish) Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo. Tags: childish, colloquial, often
    Sense id: en-no-no-en-noun-FmblE-e5
  2. (baseball, colloquial) A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-no-no-en-noun-aRFeINOu Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: no no (english: often found in texts without the hyphen.) Related terms: no-no boy

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      "sense": "something forbidden, ...",
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    },
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        {
          "text": "Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Franking Privilege for Members of Congress: Public Law 93-191 (Effective December 18, 1973): A Compilation of Legislative History, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 63",
          "text": "Mr. UDALL. Madam Chairman, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Bingham), is wrong in his supposition that the use of a picture is to be prohibited on a newsletter. Let me make some legislative history. The masthead or the heading of a newsletter with a picture of the Member is intended to be approved. As a matter of fact, in this language we turned it around. These no-noes are taken out of the old Post Office Manual, where they had over the years compiled a list of things one could or could not do, and pictures, except to illustrate text, used to be under the prohibitions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, William Nesmith, Congratulations, Graduate!, Thomas Nelson, Inc., page 62",
          "text": "And a person of integrity observes all the good sportsmanship rules toward a beaten opponent. Integrity recognizes the integrity of other persons. To do otherwise would be to commit a no-no. And you don’t want to go around committing no-noes, do you?",
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        {
          "ref": "1975, James H. Ryan, Pablum, Parents & Pandemonium: Glimpses of a Pediatrician’s World, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, page 254",
          "text": "Countless issues arise in family life every day, from the litany of no-noes showered on the toddler, to calling the preschooler in for his lunch.",
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        "(colloquial, often childish) Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo."
      ],
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          "text": "He threw two no-nos in his career.",
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        "(baseball, colloquial) A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit."
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        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
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      "rhymes": "-əʊnəʊ"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          "text": "Smoking indoors is becoming a real no-no these days, in many places.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1973, Franking Privilege for Members of Congress: Public Law 93-191 (Effective December 18, 1973): A Compilation of Legislative History, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 63",
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          "ref": "1975, James H. Ryan, Pablum, Parents & Pandemonium: Glimpses of a Pediatrician’s World, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, page 254",
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        "Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo."
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        "(colloquial, often childish) Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo."
      ],
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          "no-hitter",
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        "(baseball, colloquial) A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit."
      ],
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        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-əʊnəʊ"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "often found in texts without the hyphen.",
      "word": "no no"
    }
  ],
  "word": "no-no"
}

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