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give (one) static

slang To squabble with or sass one. Just take out the trash like Dad asked you to—you'll get in trouble if you give him any static. Did you really give him static about the terms of the deal? Ugh, he's probably not going to agree to it now!
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static

1. slang Impudent, pithy responses or retorts; backtalk. These kids keep giving me so much static that it makes me want to pull my hair out! All right, that's enough of the static—when I tell you to do something, you go and do it!
2. slang Angry or hostile resistance, criticism, or opposition. You're always going to get static from the other political party when one of your own representatives says something, no matter how mundane or universally true it may seem. We're facing a lot of static from employees over the proposed budget cuts.

give someone static

Fig. to argue with someone; to give someone back talk. I want you to do it and do it now! Don't give me any static!
See also: give, static

static

n. complaints. I don’t expect any static because of the noise. I warned the neighbors about the party.
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Bottom line: Polyethylene glycol 400 (do not use a lower molecular weight) eliminates static on plastic granules without diminishing physical properties or part performance.
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The role of conductivity in static generation of flammable liquids is often overlooked.
Conductivity in Flammable and Potentially Explosive Atmospheres
The main idea is that the static sensor nodes placed in the proximity of an event have to start the computation of the navigational forces that will guide the mobile robotic node to the event location (see Figure 1).
Assisted Navigation Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Actuator and Robot Networks
After obtaining the number of family planning commodities dispensed within each mobile and static clinic from November 2009 till October 2010, the total commodities costs were calculated using the following formula:
Cost-effectiveness analysis of family planning services offered by mobile clinics versus static clinics in Assiut, Egypt
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The pressure-airflow characteristic function for each path relates the airflow rate through each path to differential static pressures at two connected nodes.
Reverse relief airflow prevention and building pressurization with a decoupled relief air damper in air-handling units
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE THE DEVICE WILL APPEAR IN TC 3-21.220, STATIC LINE PARACHUTING TECHNIQUES AND TRAINING, THAT'S IN THE WORKS.
New device allows safer parachuting
The ionised air kills the static charge on the dust, allowing the speed of the air to remove it.
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While a pitot tube can become blocked by liquid or frozen water, airframe ice, foreign material and, especially, insects, the static ports aren't placed directly into the slipstream and usually don't pick up ice.
Pitot-static systems: even with a state-of-the-art glass panel, a simple blockage can ruin your day. Your reaction depends on which of two basic blockages you re experiencing
Some of these fragments carry charge--a key part of static electricity.
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Static electricity is one of those invisible problems that often goes undiagnosed and causes manufacturers costly headaches in terms of lost production and product rejects.
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Inline or static mixing is motionless involving static mixing elements.
ENHANCEMENT IN MASS TRANSFER USING STATIC MIXERS
The caches consisted of a static cache and a dynamic cache.
A two-level cache for distributed information retrieval in search engines
In view of the bulk of static stretch-induced impairment evidence, many athletic teams and individuals have now incorporated dynamic stretching into their warm-up.
Effects of dynamic and static stretching within general and activity specific warm-up protocols
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