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brushoff

brushoff is the alternative spelling of brush-off.

Meaning of brush-off

Noun

brush-off (plural brush-offs)

  1. An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.
    • A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off.

Forms of brushoff

pluralbrushoffs

Origin of brushoff

Deverbal from brush off.

Questions about brushoff

What is brushoff the alternative spelling of?
Brushoff is the alternative spelling of brush-off.

Words near brushoff in the dictionary

  1. brushmaking
  2. brushman
  3. brushmark
  4. brushmarks
  5. brushmen
  6. brushoff
  7. brushoffs
  8. brushout
  9. brushouts
  10. brushproof
  11. brushroll

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brushoff (page history and authors); brush-off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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