brush-off

• brushoff

Deverbal from brush off.

brush-off (plural brush-offs)

1. An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.
   • A halfhearted “thank you” may be a brush-off.
   • For the first time, we in the SF ghetto are beginning to get criticism – not brush-offs from literary snobs.

• give someone the brush-off