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no speaks

no speaks noun: the fact of refusing to speak.

Noun

no speaks (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) The fact of refusing to speak.
    • These three were soon caught up by the bitterness of the play and, owing to the unpleasant things they had to say, think and do to each other, proceeded to be on ‘no speaks’ with each other […]1938, Winifred Strangman, Robert Loraine
    • In the last summer of her life she had had bitter rows and had been in a state of prolonged "no speaks" with both her mother and her brother Charles.2003, Robert Lacey, Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II, page 10

Adjective

no speaks (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Refusing to speak; uncommunicative.
    • He has added that he is distraught that Tana has "fled" to LA, and is no-speaks with both him and her uncomprehending mother, Greta.2010 November 4, Marina Hyde, The Guardian

Questions about no speaks

What does no speaks mean?
No speaks means the fact of refusing to speak.
What part of speech is no speaks?
No speaks can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near no speaks in the dictionary

  1. no smoking
  2. no soap
  3. no sooner said than done
  4. no sooner than
  5. no soup for you
  6. no speaks
  7. no string attached
  8. no strings attached
  9. No Such Agency
  10. no such luck
  11. no such thing

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