Reverse Dictionary: REJECT

ADJECTIVES
► ABJECT cast off, rejected; cast out, expelled → 1425 obs.
► ABJECTED cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited → 1633 obs.
► BLOWN OUT rejected, cast aside, expelled → 2007 sl. (Bk.)
► BOUNCED OUT fired from one’s job, ejected, expelled, or rejected → 2007 sl. (Bk.)
► CHUCKED rejected by a lover → L19 sl.
► OUT ON ONE’S ASS abruptly expelled, rejected, or dismissed from a place, position, etc. → 1947
► PUT-ASIDE that has been put aside; dismissed, rejected → 1884
► REJECTANEOUS unworthy of acceptance; deserving rejection; not chosen or received, rejected → 1657 obs.
► REJECTITIOUS rejected, deserving rejection → 1615 obs.
► SCALDED rejected → 1980 US students’ sl.
► SHOT DOWN to be rejected; depressed → 1960s Amer. sl.
► SHUT DOWN to be rejected, depressed → 1960s Amer. sl.
► TO THE CURB rejected in romance → 1993 US sl.
► TUBESVILLE rejected → 1980 US sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► BACK OF MY HAND implies contempt and rejection → L19 Irish & Sc.
► BACK OF MY HAND AND THE SOLE OF MY FOOT implies contempt and rejection → L19 Irish & Sc.
► BITE MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility → 1966
► BUSS MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility → 1861
► CHUCK YOU, FARLEY! may you and yours be reviled, abused, humiliated, rejected, etc. → 1970 US sl.
► CHUCK YOU, FARLEY AND YOUR WHOLE FAMN DAMILY! may you and yours be reviled, abused, humiliated, rejected, etc. → 1970 US sl.
► DAMN A HORSE IF I DO! a strong refusal or rejection → 1810
► DEAL AROUND ME an exclamation of rejection, leave me out!, I’m not interested! → 1940s sl., orig. African-American
► DEAL ME OUT! an exclamation of rejection; I’m not interested! leave me out! → 1950s US sl.
► I AIN’T COMING rejecting another person’s suggestion → 1930s African-American sl.
► I AIN’T COMING ON THAT TAB rejecting another person’s suggestion → 1930s African-American sl.
► I DON’T THINK SO used as a humorous rejection of the sentiment that has been expressed → 1969 US sl.
► I WOULDN’T HAVE HER IF HER HEAD WAS STRUNG WITH GOLD describes the rejection of a suitor → 1997 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► IN A PIG’S EAR used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial → 1968 colloq.
► IN A PIG’S EYE used as a derisive retort expressing emphatic disbelief, rejection, or denial → 1847 colloq.
► IN YOUR EAR! used to express strong rejection or derision → 1966 Amer. sl.
► MY FOOT! used to imply one’s contemptuous rejection of the previous speaker’s assertion → 20C sl.
► NOTHING DOING! used as an expression of rejection or denial → 1910 UK sl.
► NOT ON YOUR NELLY! used as an absolute denial, refusal, or rejection → 1941 UK rhyming sl. (not on your Nellie Duff for puff (breath, hence life)
► PUT IT WHERE THE MONKEY PUTS THE NUTS expresses contemptuous rejection → 1906 sl.
► STICK IT IN YOUR EAR! used to express strong rejection or derision → 1966 Amer. sl.
► SUCK MY ASS expressing contemptuous rejection, dismissal, or hostility → 1865
► UP THINE WITH TURPENTINE! an exclamation of very strong defiance and rejection; fuck you! stick it! → 1950 US sl.
► UP YOUR ASS! ► UP YOUR ARSE! an expression of contempt, rejection, or derision → 1956 US sl.
► UP YOUR BUM! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → 1910s Aust. sl.
► UP YOUR BUM CHUM! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► UP YOUR DATE MATE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► UP YOUR GIGGY! an exclamation of strong defiance, contempt, rejection, etc. → 1950 US sl.
► UP YOUR JUMPER! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → 1920s Aust. sl.
► UP YOUR NOSE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → 1922 sl.
► UP YOUR NOSE WITH A RUBBER HOSE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → 1979 sl.
► UP YOUR NOSE WITH A RUBBER HOSE AND TWICE AS FAR WITH A CHOCOLATE BAR! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► UP YOURS! used as an expression of contempt, rejection, or derision → 1956 UK sl.

NOUNS
► ABNEGATION denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection → 1554
► ABRENOUNCING repudiation; rejection → c1550 obs.
► AX ► AXE a finishing action, such as a dismissal from a position, defeat in a game, expulsion from school, rejection of a lover, etc. → 1883 Amer. sl.
► BINGER a rejection; a squelch → 1915 US students’ sl., obs.
► BOUNCE, THE the sack from one’s job; rejection by a sweetheart → 2007 sl. (Bk.)
► BUM’S RUSH, THE forcible ejection from a place or gathering; abrupt dismissal or rejection → 1910
► CAN, THE a dismissal, removal, expulsion, rejection → 1908 Amer. sl.
► CASTER anything that has been rejected or cast aside → M19 sl.
► CHILLY MITT, THE cold treatment or rejection → 1900 Amer. sl.
► COOLER a chilly glance; a snub; rejection → 20C Aust. sl.
► E dismissal, rejection → 1994 UK sl.
► ICE a cool reception; a brush-off; a snub; an act of rejection → L19 US sl.
► ICEBERG ACT an act of rejection, esp. between lovers; unfriendly treatment → 1953 US sl.
► ICE MITT a rejection or refusal; a snub; a cold or hostile reception → 1935 Amer. dial.
► ICY MITT the cold shoulder; a cold or hostile reception; a show of deliberate indifference or disregard; a rejection or refusal; a snub → 1907
► ICY MITTEN a rejection or refusal; a snub; a cold or hostile reception → 1897 Amer. dial.
► IG ► IGG a snub, a rejection → 1963 Amer. dial.
► KNOCKBACK a rejection → L19 sl.
► NOSE-DIVE a rejection → 1935 sl., orig. US
► OFF-FALLINGS scraps, crumbs, rejects, things thrown aside → 1660 Sc.
► P rejection, dismissal → 2000s Black British sl.
► PUT-ASIDE, THE rejected people as a class → 1868
► RASPBERRY a rejection, dismissal → 1910s sl.
► SCORN a snub, a brusque rejection, esp. of an offer of marriage; a slight in love → c1746 Sc.
► SHUT-DOOR a rejection, a refusal → 2001 UK sl.
► SKI-BUNK a rejection; an act of dismissal → 1900s US sl.
► SPANISH ARCHER dismissal; a rejection → 2000 UK sl.
► SPURN a treating with disdain or contemptuous rejection → 1604

NOUNS – PERSON
► CASTAWAY one who is cast away or rejected; a reprobate → 1526
► CASTER anyone or anything that has been rejected or cast aside → M19 sl.

VERBS
► ABJECTATE to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject → c1475 obs.
► ABJUDICATE to pass judgement against; to reject or disallow; to prohibit → 1602
► ARSEHOLE to dismiss; to get rid of; to reject someone → 1950 Aust. sl.
► AVERSATE to turn away from, to regard with aversion, to reject → 1725 obs. rare
► AX ► AXE to dismiss or discharge; to drop, to cancel, to reject → 1922 sl.
► BACKSPEAK to gainsay, to reject, to object to → 1871 Sc.
► BASKET to reject as unsuitable → 1867
► BELIE to give the lie to; to call false, to contradict as a lie or a liar; to reject as false, to deny the truth of → 1577 obs.
► BLOW OFF to reject, to get rid of someone or something → 2007 sl. (Bk.)
► BLOW OUT to reject someone, esp. a lover, or something → 2007 sl. (Bk.)
► CHILL to reject someone → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHUMP OFF to reject, to dismiss, to cause someone to depart or to abandon an activity → 1981 African-American sl.
► COCK ONE’S NEB ► COCK UP ONE’S NEB to ‘turn up one’s nose’; to behave disdainfully towards something; to reject → 1870 Eng. dial.
► DECARD to reject, to set aside, to get rid of, to dismiss → 1605 obs.
► DING to reject → 1965 US sl.
► DISAPPOINT to reject in love or marriage → 1857 Amer. dial.
► DUST OFF to reject, to snub → 1940s US sl.
► EIGHTY-SIX to eject or bar from a premises; generally, to reject or abandon → 1958 US sl.
► FEEL A DRAFT to sense that one is being rejected or unwelcome, esp. for racial reasons → 1986 African-American sl.
► FIRE to reject, to jilt a person → 1941 Amer. dial.
► FLING to jilt, to reject → 1894 Amer. dial.
► GET THE KAPUT to be rejected or dismissed → 1910s sl.
► GIVE A PERSON THE AIR ► GIVE THE AIR to dismiss a person; to reject → 1900 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► GIVE ‘EM THE GATE to reject, to bounce → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► GIVE ONE THE HIGHBALL to give the cold shoulder or a brush-off → 1952 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE THE IGG to reject a suitor → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE THE ROAD ► SEND ONE DOWN THE ROAD to dismiss or reject one → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GIVE SOMEONE THE BIG A to reject or rebuff someone (A = Arse) → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► GIVE SOMEONE THE OZONE to reject, to dismiss → 1942 US sl.
► GIVE THE ATMOSPHERE to reject → 1938 Amer. sl.
► GIVE THE BAG to jilt or reject a suitor → 1798 Amer. sl.
► GIVE THE ICY MITT to reject as a suitor → 1915 Amer. dial.
► HAVE ONE’S ASS IN A SLING to be or to appear to be sad, rejected, tired, or defeated → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► ICE to reject, to turn down, to cease → 1960s African-American sl.
► IG ► IGG to ignore; to snub; to reject → 1946 Amer. dial.
► IXNAY to reject, to decline, to dismiss, to cancel → 1937 US colloq.
► JAG ► JAG OFF to annoy, to irritate, to play tricks on; to disparage; to reject → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JUNK to reject, to throw away, to abandon → L19 sl.
► KECK AT to reject food, medicine, etc. with loathing → 1642
► KICK to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down → 1809 Amer. dial.
► KICK OUT to reject or jilt a suitor; to turn someone down → 1941 Amer. dial.
► KICK (SOMEONE) OUT ON HIS ASS to abruptly expel, reject, or dismiss someone from a place, position, etc. → 1969
► KNOCK BACK to reject → 1930s sl., orig. Aust. & NZ
► MITTEN to reject or dismiss a man’s invitation or proposal of marriage; to jilt → 1873 Amer. dial.
► NIX to forbid, to veto, to reject, to cancel or eliminate → 1753 US sl.
► NO SOAP to reject, to dismiss → 1963 sl.
► OFF to discharge; to reject; hence, to eliminate, to stop → 1908 US sl., chiefly African-American
► PACK ► PACK UP to reject → 1970 sl.
► PIP to reject or disqualify; to fail a candidate in an examination; of a candidate: to fail an examination → 1908
► POP OFF THE HANDLE to reject, to dismiss → M19 US sl.
► PUT BACK to force back, to repulse; to refuse, to reject → 1500 obs.
► PUT ON ONE SIDE to decline, to reject; to throw over → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RELUCTATE to strive against, to refuse, to reject → 1681
► SACK to reject or dismiss something or someone → M19 sl.
► SACK OFF to reject something → 2002 UK sl.
► SCOOT to reject with disdain, to flout, to disparage → 1827 Sc.
► SEND ONE A MITTEN to reject one; to cast one off → 1836 Eng. dial.
► SEND TO THE SHOWERS to send off or eject someone from a match, race, or contest; to reject, overcome, or defeat decisively → 1913 colloq.
► SHITCAN to throw away; to discard; to reject as worthless → sl.
► SPIKE to reject, to quash, to delete → 20C US sl.
► SPURN to reject with contempt or disdain; to treat contemptuously; to scorn, to despise → 1000
► TAKE THE ZERO to pass something by, to turn down an offer, to reject → 1980 US students’ sl.
► THROW AWAY THE BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to reject what is essential or valuable along with the inessential or useless → 1896
► THROW (SOMEONE) OUT ON HIS ASS to abruptly expel, reject, or dismiss someone from a place, position, etc. → 1969
► VOTE WITH ONE’S FEET to express one’s rejection or disapproval of a situation, condition, etc. by abruptly leaving or escaping from it → 1973 US sl.
► WAIVE to refuse or reject something offered → c1386 obs.