no-go
no-go adjective: not functioning properly. Also the alternative form of no go.
Adjective
no-go (not comparable)
- Not functioning properly.
- Not to be entered.
- They lived in a no-go part of the ghetto.
- The noise and drunkenness made the area a no-go zone at night for families.
- That should not go (i.e., enter or engage) if the size of the part being measured is properly achieved.
- no-go gauge
- This bore is no good: the no-go pin is flying right into the first half of it.
Noun
no-go (plural no-gos or no-goes)
- A no-go gauge.
- There's your problem right there. See how that no-go slips right into the hole? The whole thing is scrap, unfortunately.
Also used as
no-go is also the alternative form of no go.
Examples of no-go in a sentence
- Two pubs in the Pontardawe area which had previously been hubs of local social life had become "no-go" through being frequented by the gang.2010 July 2, “Jail for drug network that supplied the Swansea Valley”, in BBC News:
- As with Euston, the site was bounded to the south by high-class property, a no-go zone for railways.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 14:
Forms of no-go
| plural | no-gos |
|---|---|
| plural | no-goes |
Phrases with no-go
Questions about no-go
- What does no-go mean?
- No-go means not functioning properly.
- How do you use no-go in a sentence?
- Two pubs in the Pontardawe area which had previously been hubs of local social life had become "no-go" through being frequented by the gang.
- What part of speech is no-go?
- No-go can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near no-go in the dictionary
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