Definition of No-show

1. Noun. A guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation.

Generic synonyms: Guest

2. Noun. Someone who shirks duty.
Exact synonyms: Nonattender, Truant
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer

Definition of No-show

1. Noun. (idiomatic) An absence; somebody who doesn't show up or a failure to make a schedule appearance, especially at one's place of employment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of No-show

no-lone zones
no-man's-land
no-name
no-no
no-nonsense
no-observed-adverse-effect level
no-one
no-op
no-ops
no-par-value stock
no-par stock
no-parking zone
no-questions-asked
no-see-um
no-see-ums
no-show (current term)
no-shows
no-strings-attached
no-take
no-threshold concept
no-trade clause
no-trump
no-win
no-win situation
no-win situations
no.
no ball
no biggie
no brainer

Literary usage of No-show

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"Let alone me," sticks in Orth'ris, " but that's like life. Them wot's really fitted to decorate society get no show, ..."

2. Contemporary Memoirs of Russia, from the Year 1727-1744 by Cristof Hermann Manstein (1856)
"They made no show of opposition, and left her to act as she pleased. Sentinels were then posted at all the doors and avenues. ..."

3. Poems You Ought to Know by Ellsworth Young (1903)
""O, no," said Joe, "Hain't hed no show," An' then he'd look up at the clock ... "I tell ye, Joe, Yer hain't no show; Yer too dern patient"—ther hull raft ..."

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