All 4 Uses of
brusque
in
Catch-22
- The recommendation was rejected at once at Twenty-seventh Air Force Headquarters by ex-P. F.C. Wintergreen, who scribbled a brusque, unsigned reminder that the Army had only one Major Major Major Major and did not intend to lose him by promotion just to please Colonel Cathcart.†
Chpt 13 *
- Milo vetoed the idea brusquely.†
Chpt 24
- At that moment a hand grabbed him roughly around the arm and a brusque voice demanded, 'Chaplain Shipman?'†
Chpt 36
- 'Luigi, you still don't understand,' Milo snapped with such brusque impatience that the police commissioner's face flushed and he jumped to attention and began buttoning his uniform in confusion.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(brusque) abrupt (sudden and quick -- without taking the time to be friendly)