| "I'll pass" |
USA Today |
08 Oct 2025 |
| "No way!" |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2025 |
| "Nope!" |
Commuter |
23 Jul 2025 |
| Negative response (s1) (2-2) |
|
|
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 May 2025 |
| "I don't think so" |
Universal |
05 May 2025 |
| "Nope" |
New York Times |
03 May 2025 |
| Disagreeable repetition |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Apr 2025 |
| "No way" |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2025 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Sound of "Not happening": Hyph. |
|
|
| "Nope!" |
New York Times |
11 Mar 2025 |
| "Nope" |
New York Times Mini |
07 Mar 2025 |
| Negative, informally |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Alternative to no |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
23 Feb 2025 |
| "Nope!" |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2025 |
| "Nope" |
Universal |
22 Jan 2025 |
| "Forget it" |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2025 |
| "No way!" |
Commuter |
31 Dec 2024 |
| "I don't think so!" (hyph.) |
|
|
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2024 |
| "Nope" (hyph.) |
|
|
| "Nope" |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2024 |
| "Not gonna fly" |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2024 |
| "Ain't happenin'!" |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Nov 2024 |
| "Not a chance!" |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2024 |
| "Not a chance" |
Universal |
04 Nov 2024 |
| "Not a chance!" |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2024 |
| "Nope" |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2024 |
| "No way" |
Universal |
12 Oct 2024 |
| "No way!" |
Newsday |
10 Oct 2024 |
| "Forget about it!" (hyph.) |
|
|
| "No way" |
Universal |
26 Aug 2024 |
| "Not happening" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2024 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jul 2024 |
| "Nope" |
Universal |
13 Jul 2024 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Um, no |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Jun 2024 |
| "No, sir!" (hyph.) |
|
|
| Nah : Hyph. |
|
|
| "Don't start with me" |
LA Times Daily |
04 May 2024 |
| Negative response (hyph.) |
|
|
| Express disagreement (sl) (2,2) |
|
|
| "No way!" (hyph.) |
|
|
| "Nope" |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Jan 2024 |
| ''Not a chance!'' |
Newsday |
01 Dec 2023 |
| "Heck no" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2023 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Sep 2023 |
| "Nope" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2023 |
| 'Not happening' |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2023 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
16 May 2023 |
| "Hard pass" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Mar 2023 |
| "Nope" |
Universal |
26 Mar 2023 |
| "Nope" |
Universal |
17 Mar 2023 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Mar 2023 |
| 'Nope' |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2023 |
| 'That's not true!' |
New York Times |
30 Jan 2023 |
| 'Nope!' |
Newsday |
17 Jan 2023 |
| "Nope!" |
Universal |
12 Jan 2023 |
| âYeah, noâ |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jan 2023 |
| "No no," slangily: Hyph. |
|
|
| 'No chance' |
New York Times |
26 Nov 2022 |
| 'Not true!' |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2022 |
| "Nah" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Nov 2022 |
| “No siree!” |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2022 |
| 'No siree!' |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2022 |
| 'Not gonna happen!' |
New York Times |
18 Sep 2022 |
| "Nothin' doin' " |
Premier Sunday |
11 Sep 2022 |
| "Not a chance, dude" |
Universal |
07 Sep 2022 |
| 'Nope!' |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2022 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Aug 2022 |
| “Not gonna happen” |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2022 |
| 'Think again!' |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2022 |
| "Nope" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2022 |
| 'Not gonna happen' |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2022 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
09 May 2022 |
| 'Yeah, no' |
The Washington Post |
23 Apr 2022 |
| "Yeah, no" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2022 |
| 'Don't even go there!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Mar 2022 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jan 2022 |
| “Nope” |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jan 2022 |
| 'It's a no from me' |
USA Today |
25 Dec 2021 |
| "Out of the question!": Hyph. |
|
|
| 'Nope' |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2021 |
| 'Nope' |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2021 |
| “Nope” |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2021 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Sep 2021 |
| ''Nope!'' |
Newsday |
12 Sep 2021 |
| ''Ain't gonna happen'' |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2021 |
| 'No, sir!' |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2021 |
| ''Nope'' |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2021 |
| ''No way!'' |
Newsday |
13 Jul 2021 |
| 'Not happenin'' |
The Washington Post |
09 Jun 2021 |
| "Not happenin'" |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2021 |
| "Nah" |
Universal |
08 May 2021 |
| 'I'm thinkin' no' |
The Washington Post |
05 May 2021 |
| "I'm thinkin' no" |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2021 |
| 'Nope!' |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2021 |
| 'Not a chance' |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2021 |
| "Nope!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Mar 2021 |
| 'No way' |
USA Today |
10 Jan 2021 |
| [Head shake] |
New York Times |
24 Nov 2020 |
| "Don't think so" |
Universal |
08 Nov 2020 |
| 'Nope' |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2020 |
| 'Not a chance' |
The Washington Post |
19 Oct 2020 |
| "Not a chance" |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2020 |
| 'Nah' |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2020 |
| 'I don't think so' |
USA Today |
26 Aug 2020 |
| ''Nope'' |
Newsday |
07 Aug 2020 |
| Guttural dissent |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2020 |
| "No way, José!" |
|
|
| 'Don't try it, buster' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Dec 2019 |
| "I don't think so" |
Universal |
19 Nov 2019 |
| 'Nope!' |
New York Times |
01 Oct 2019 |
| “Nah!” |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Sep 2019 |
| "No way, Jose!" |
Universal |
25 Aug 2019 |
| 'Nope' |
The Washington Post |
24 Jul 2019 |
| "Nope" |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jul 2019 |
| Thumbs-down response |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2019 |
| 'Nope!' |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Jul 2019 |
| 'Not gonna happen!' |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2019 |
| "Get out of here with that!" |
The New Yorker |
08 Apr 2019 |
| 'Not happenin'' |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2019 |
| 'Nope' |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2019 |
| "Nope" |
Universal |
17 Mar 2019 |
| 'Nothin' doin'' |
USA Today |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Informal refusal |
Newsday |
16 Jan 2019 |
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "Don't think so" |
|
|
| "No way, Jose!" |
|
|
| "Not happenin'" |
|
|
| "Not gonna happen!" |
|
|
| "Nope!" |
|
|
| Thumbs-down response |
|
|
| "Nah!" |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin'" |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| 'Don't think so' |
The Washington Post |
28 Dec 2018 |
| "Don't think so" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2018 |
| ''Forget it'' |
Newsday |
30 Nov 2018 |
| 'Yup' opposite |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2018 |
| 'No way, José' |
New York Times |
18 Sep 2018 |
| ''I'll pass'' |
Newsday |
15 Sep 2018 |
| ''No way'' |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2018 |
| 'Negatory!' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
03 Aug 2018 |
| Grunted refusal |
USA Today |
30 Jul 2018 |
| ''That's a negative'' |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2018 |
| ''Not a chance'' |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2018 |
| 'No way' |
Jonesin |
02 Jan 2018 |
| "Yup" opposite |
|
|
| Grunted refusal |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "Negatory!" |
|
|
| "Don't think so" |
|
|
| "No way, José" |
|
|
| 'No can do' |
Jonesin |
01 Aug 2017 |
| "Nothin' doin'!" |
USA Today |
29 Jun 2017 |
| "Nah" |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2017 |
| ''Not gonna happen'' |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2017 |
| Disapproving remark |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2017 |
| ''Sorry'' |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2017 |
| "Nah" |
LA Times Daily |
06 Feb 2017 |
| "Nah" |
|
|
| "Nah" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin'!" |
|
|
| 'Naw' |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2016 |
| 'No way!' |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2016 |
| 'Not gonna happen' |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Aug 2016 |
| 'Ain't happening!' |
The Washington Post |
22 Jul 2016 |
| 'Ain't gonna happen!' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
10 Jun 2016 |
| "Forget it" |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jun 2016 |
| Grunts meaning 'No way!' |
The Washington Post |
06 May 2016 |
| 'Nothin' doin'!' |
The Washington Post |
26 Apr 2016 |
| 'Nah!' |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2016 |
| 'Forget it!' |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2016 |
| ''No can do'' |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Slangy refusal |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2016 |
| "No way!" |
|
|
| "Forget it" |
|
|
| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
|
|
| 'Ain't happenin'!' |
Jonesin |
10 Sep 2015 |
| "No way!" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2015 |
| 'Ain't gonna happen' |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2015 |
| ''Nah'' |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2015 |
| 'Out of the question!' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
16 Jan 2015 |
| 'Not gonna happen' |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2015 |
| "Ain't gonna happen" |
|
|
| "No way!" |
|
|
| "Nah" |
|
|
| Double negative? |
|
|
| "Not gonna happen" |
|
|
| "Out of the question!" |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "Don't think so" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin'!" |
|
|
| "Not a chance!" |
|
|
| "Dream on!" |
|
|
| "No way!" |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| Informal refusal |
|
|
| Slangy refusal |
|
|
| "Hex naw" |
|
|
| Informal turndown |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
|
|
| "Forget it" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin'!" |
|
|
| "Ain't gonna happen!" |
|
|
| "That's a negative" |
|
|
| "Don't think so" |
|
|
| "Forget it!" |
|
|
| "Nope!" |
|
|
| Grunted comment meaning "No way!" |
|
|
| "Don't even think about it" |
|
|
| "No way, José!" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin'!" |
|
|
| Curt turndown |
|
|
| "No way" |
|
|
| "Don't think so" |
|
|
| "Dream on!" |
|
|
| "No way" |
|
|
| "Nope!^5E |
|
|
| "Not true!" |
|
|
| Curt turndown |
|
|
| "Ain't happening!" |
|
|
| "No can do" |
|
|
| Nope |
|
|
| "Nah" |
|
|
| "Forget it!" |
|
|
| "Negative!" |
|
|
| "Out of the question!" |
|
|
| "Out of the question!" |
|
|
| "Negative!" |
|
|
| "Not a chance" |
|
|
| "No way, no how" |
|
|
| "You wish" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin' " |
|
|
| "Nope!" |
|
|
| "Nope!" |
|
|
| "Don't think so" |
|
|
| "No way!" |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "No way!" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin"' |
|
|
| Guttural refusal |
|
|
| "Nah!" |
|
|
| No, informally |
|
|
| "No way!" |
|
|
| Curt turndown |
|
|
| Mumbled denial |
|
|
| Mumbled denial |
|
|
| "No dice" |
|
|
| "Never gonna happen" |
|
|
| "Forget it!" |
|
|
| "Forget it!" |
|
|
| 'Nope' |
|
|
| "Naw" |
|
|
| Groaned refusal |
|
|
| "Think again" |
|
|
| Double negative? |
|
|
| "Naw" |
|
|
| "Count me out!" |
|
|
| "Not a chance" |
|
|
| "Nothing doing" |
|
|
| "Surely you jest" |
|
|
| "No way!" |
|
|
| "That's a lie!" |
|
|
| "Surely you jest" |
|
|
| "Not gonna happen" |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "Surely you jest" |
|
|
| Nope |
|
|
| "Think again" |
|
|
| "Nah!" |
|
|
| "That's wrong!" |
|
|
| Wordless refusal |
|
|
| "Not gonna happen" |
|
|
| "I don't think so" |
|
|
| "Think again" |
|
|
| "No way" |
|
|
| "No sirree" |
|
|
| "No dice!" |
|
|
| "No dice" |
|
|
| Inelegant denial |
|
|
| "Nope!" |
|
|
| "I don't think so!" |
|
|
| "Don't think so" |
|
|
| Slangy denial |
|
|
| "No dice!" |
|
|
| "Forget it!" |
|
|
| Nope sound |
|
|
| "No dice" |
|
|
| "No way, Jose!" |
|
|
| "I don't think so" |
|
|
| "Nothin' doin' " |
|
|
| "I refuse!" |
|
|
| Dissenting sounds |
|
|
| "Not on a bet!" |
|
|
| Double negative? |
|
|
| Nope sound |
|
|
| "No dice!" |
|
|
| "Ain't happening" |
|
|
| "Nope" |
|
|
| "Never gonna happen" |
|
|
| "Fuhgeddit" |
|
|
| Expression of assent. |
|
|