nixed

[ nikst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Informal.

vetoed, scrapped, denied, or discontinued; prevented from proceeding:
The nixed trade deal means a less competitive environment in the construction sector.
One of the nixed Facebook pages had more than one million followers.

Origin of nixed¹

First recorded in 1920–25, for an earlier sense; nix ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective; nix ¹( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb

But Tarantino nixed that idea, instead choosing to have the contents be whatever you want it to be.

That was nixed because it was thought that voters could be less likely to say no to an invitation to agree to something.

So they temporarily nixed that spending until the command could explain itself and re-apply for the money in the next year.

By the end of September, both networks had nixed their Hillary projects.

But the fast food chain quickly nixed the idea as the Filet-o-Fish gained popularity.

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