no way



no way

(spoken)
not possibly my foot Now he's asking me to lend him my car. No way!
Usage notes: often used in the form there's no way: There's no way I could have paid for it.
See also: way

no way

Also, there is no way. Certainly not; never. For example, No way can I forget what he did, or Are you coming along?-No way! or There's no way our candidate can lose. This colloquial expression dates from the mid-1900s, but an earlier adverb, noway, dates from the 1300s.
See also: way

no way

Informal
Certainly not: Did you like that movie?—No way! It was boring.
See also: way

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alanaə-LAN-əEnglish
DorisDAWR-is (English), DO-ris (German)English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
WilfredWIL-frədEnglish
Illiam-Manx
Novak-Serbian
Gil (1)HEEL (Spanish), ZHEEL (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese