Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb No.
- adverb And moreover.
- noun A denial or refusal.
- noun A negative vote or voter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A denial; refusal.
- noun A negative vote; hence, one who votes in the negative: as, the yeas and nays.
- No: an expression of negation or refusal.
- Not only so, but; and not only (that which has just been mentioned), but also; indeed; in point of fact: as, the Lord is willing, nay, he desires, that all should repent.
- to deny; refuse.
- To say nay; refuse.
- To refuse; deny.
- noun A native Egyptian transverse flute, usually with six holes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Denial; refusal.
- noun A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
- noun [Obs.] there is no denying it.
- verb obsolete To refuse.
- adverb No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by
no . Opposed toaye oryea . See alsoyes . - adverb Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic
no - conjunction
or even ,or more like ,or should I say . Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one. - noun A
vote against. - noun A person who voted against.
- verb obsolete To
refuse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb not this merely but also; not only so but
- noun a negative
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Be generic, yea or nay is about the only thing that staffer is going to remember as long as the letter is not crackpot, as you stated.
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Be generic, yea or nay is about the only thing that staffer is going to remember as long as the letter is not crackpot, as you stated.
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Maybe I'm just sayin 'nay today, but my general impression of these new things is "meh".
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
bilby commented on the word nay
Variant of ney.
September 29, 2009