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NO-SHOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does no-show mean?
• NO-SHOW (noun)
The noun NO-SHOW has 2 senses:
1. a guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation
2. someone who shirks duty
Familiarity information: NO-SHOW used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A guest who fails to notify a hotel or restaurant when canceling a reservation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("no-show" is a kind of...):
guest (a customer of a hotel or restaurant etc.)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who shirks duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
no-show; nonattender; truant
Hypernyms ("no-show" is a kind of...):
offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)
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