brickbat vs no

brickbat

noun
  • A criticism or uncomplimentary remark. 

  • A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club. 

verb
  • To assail with criticism. 

  • To attack by throwing brickbats. 

no

noun
  • a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval 

  • a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition 

det
  • Not any. 

  • Hardly any. 

  • Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. 

  • Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). 

prep
  • not, does not, do not, etc. 

  • without 

  • like 

intj
  • vehement rejection of truthfulness 

  • disgust 

  • mild disapproval 

adv
  • Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives. 

  • not 

  • Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives. 

particle
  • Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. 

  • Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement. 

  • Used to show agreement with a negative question. 

How often have the words brickbat and no occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )