static

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!
See also: give, static

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.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

static

n. complaints. I don’t expect any static because of the noise. I warned the neighbors about the party.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • give (one) static
  • don't give me any of your lip
  • Don't give me any of your lip!
  • give (one) the works
  • give it a burl
  • give (one) a fresh start
  • don't give (something) a second thought
  • (Can I) give you a lift?
  • give anything (for something)
  • be all in
References in periodicals archive
Bottom line: Polyethylene glycol 400 (do not use a lower molecular weight) eliminates static on plastic granules without diminishing physical properties or part performance.
The role of conductivity in static generation of flammable liquids is often overlooked.
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).
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:
In addition to radio static, you may experience a corona discharge when flying in precipitation.
The pressure-airflow characteristic function for each path relates the airflow rate through each path to differential static pressures at two connected nodes.
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.
The ionised air kills the static charge on the dust, allowing the speed of the air to remove it.
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.
Some of these fragments carry charge--a key part of static electricity.
Arabic pastry chef Mazen Saleh Darkit won first place in the Arabic Pastry Static category for his assortment of Arabic sweets.
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.
Inline or static mixing is motionless involving static mixing elements.
The caches consisted of a static cache and a dynamic cache.
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.