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Definition of No-go
1. Adjective. Not functioning properly or in suitable condition for proceeding. "The space launch was no-go"
Definition of No-go
1. Adjective. Not functioning properly. ¹
2. Adjective. Of a place, not to be entered. ¹
3. Noun. a situation in which a planned operation cannot be carried out ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of No-go
Literary usage of No-go
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Such a marching of Intellect is distinctly of the spavined kind; what the Jockeys
call 'all action and no go. ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Well, I tried to get some banjo pupils—NO GO ; no testimonials. 1896. FARJEON,
Betray. John Ford- ¡¡am, in., 281. But it was NO GO ; them a* gathered round ..."
3. Beach-la-mar: The Jargon Or Trade Speech of the Western Pacific by William Churchill (1911)
"V 253. first very good you no go firs', that fellow stop behin'. ... G 198.
very good you no go firs'. G 207. some place me go man no good. ..."
4. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1885)
"Division Table for Shi (four). sbi ichi ni jii no ni " ni ten saku no go " sun
shichi jn no ui " shi shin ga in ju four one twenty-two " two replace by five ..."
5. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1864)
"... stars very positive about this union, sir?' " * They were,' says the old
gentleman. " * I am sorry to hear it,' Tom makes answer, 4 for it's no go, sir. ..."
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