Meanings
- colloquialuncountableThe fact of refusing to speak.
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 101 more example
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
- colloquialnot comparableRefusing 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
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