knockback

Noun

 * 1) A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
 * 2) Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
 * 3)  A rejection; a refusal.
 * He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.
 * 1) * 1995, Heather Hogarth, Your First Job: Getting It, Keeping It, and Going Further, MacMillan Education Australia, |%22knockbacks%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vwiYT52ZHOLamAXlqfSeBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22knockback%22|%22knockbacks%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 82,
 * So you′ve had a knockback. All right, we don′t all get the first job we apply for.
 * He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.
 * 1) * 1995, Heather Hogarth, Your First Job: Getting It, Keeping It, and Going Further, MacMillan Education Australia, |%22knockbacks%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vwiYT52ZHOLamAXlqfSeBg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22knockback%22|%22knockbacks%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 82,
 * So you′ve had a knockback. All right, we don′t all get the first job we apply for.
 * So you′ve had a knockback. All right, we don′t all get the first job we apply for.