Brush-off

Alternative forms

• brushoff, brush off

Full definition of brush-off

Noun

1. An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.
• A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off.
• For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.

Derived terms

• give someone the brush-off