noss

/N AO1 S/
noun
  1. 1

    A county of South Sudan.

  2. 2

    A lake in South Sudan.

  3. 3

    A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.

  4. 4

    A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.

  5. 5

    (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Novus Ordo. [(Roman Catholicism) The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language.]

  6. 6

    Alternative form of No..

  7. 7

    Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama. [(uncountable) A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.]

adverb
  1. 1

    (with following adjective) Not, not at all.

  2. 2

    (colloquial, usually humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.

  3. 3

    Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.

  4. 4

    (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.

  5. 5

    (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.

  6. 6

    (archaic) Alternative form of No..

verb
  1. 1

    (intransitive, colloquial) To say โ€œnoโ€.

  2. 2

    (transitive, colloquial) To answer with โ€œnoโ€; to decline, reject.

adjective
  1. 1

    (electronics, plumbing, of switches, relays, and valves) Initialism of normally open.