rope

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See also:ropěandropę

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishrop,rope,fromOld Englishrāp(“rope, cord, cable”),fromProto-West Germanic*raip,fromProto-Germanic*raipaz,*raipą(“rope, cord, band, ringlet”),fromProto-Indo-European*h₁roypnós(“strap, band, rope”),from*h₁reyp-(“to peel off, tear; border, edge, strip”).

Cognates
Cognate withScotsrape,raip(“rope”),Saterland FrisianRoop(“rope”),West Frisianreap(“rope, cord”),Dutchroop,reep(“rope, cord, ring, strip, bar”),German Low GermanReep(“rope”),Swedishrep(“rope”),Danishreb(“rope”),Icelandicreipi(“rope”),Albanianrrip(“belt, rope”).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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rope(countableanduncountable,pluralropes)

Length of rope.
  1. (uncountable)Thickstrings,yarn,monofilaments,metal wires, orstrandsof othercordagethat are twisted together to form a strongerline.
    Synonyms:twine,line,cord;see alsoThesaurus:string
    Nylonropeis usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.
  2. (countable)An individuallengthof such material.
    The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30ropes.
  3. A cohesivestrandof something.
    The duchess wore aropeof pearls to the soirée.
    1. (slang,vulgar)A shot ofsemenreleased during ejaculation.
  4. (dated)A continuousstream.
  5. (baseball)A hardline drive.
    He hit aropepast third and into the corner.
  6. (ceramics)A long thin segment of soft clay, eitherextrudedor formed by hand.
  7. (computer science)Adata structureresembling astring,using aconcatenation treein which eachleafrepresents a character.
    Synonym:cord
  8. (military,uncountable)A kind ofchaff(material dropped to interfere with radar)consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
  9. (Jainism)A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
    Synonyms:rajju,infinitude
    • 2001,“Review of Metaphysical Teaching”, in Nagendra Kr. Singh, editor,Encyclopaedia of Jainism‎[2],→ISBN,page7522:
      The central strip of theloka,the Middle World, represents its smallest area, being only oneropewide and one hundred thousand leagues high,[…]
  10. (jewelry)Anecklaceof at least 1 meter in length.
  11. (nautical)Cordageof at least 1inchin diameter, or a length of such cordage.
  12. (archaic)A unit oflengthequal to 20feet.
  13. (slang)Rohypnol.
  14. (slang,usually in theplural)Semenbeingejaculated.
    shootingropes
  15. (with "the")Deathbyhanging.
    The murderer was sentenced to therope.
Derived terms
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terms derived from rope (noun)
Descendants
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  • →Irish:rópa
  • Tok Pisin:rop
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishropen,rope(“to form ropes”),fromrop(“rope”);see above.

Verb

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rope(third-person singular simple presentropes,present participleroping,simple past and past participleroped)

  1. (transitive)To tie (something) with rope.
    The robberropedthe victims.
  2. (transitive)To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
    The cowboyropedthe calf.
  3. (intransitive)To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
    • 1984,G. F. Dutton,The Ridiculous Mountains,page153:
      Weropeddown to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal.
  4. (intransitive)To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
  5. (Internetslang,intransitive)Tocommit suicide,particularly byhanging.
    • 2019,anonymous, quoted in Julia Rose DeCook, "Curating the Future: The Sustainability Practices of Online Hate Groups", dissertation submitted to Michigan State University,page 153:
      In figure 71, the poster Brahcel notes that he “almostroped”because he could not find the community[…]
    • 2020,Joshua A. Segalewitz, "'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board", thesis submitted to the University of Dayton,page 36:
      ToxicAlcoholSyndrome explains that his, “dreams are all really depressing and vivid, so… I’m constantly in a bad mood and know in the back of my brain, I need torope.”
    • 2021,Laura Bates,From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All,unnumbered page:
      Another man wrote that the only reason he hasn't “roped”(incel terminology for death by suicide) is he didn't want to ruin his family's Christmas.
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:rope.
    My life is a mess; I might as wellrope.
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terms derived fromrope(verb)
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Etymology 3

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FromMiddle Englishrop(“gut, intestine”),fromOld Englishrop,ropp;compareMiddle Dutchrop,roppe(“fish guts”).

The modern pronunciation results from phonological assimilation to Etymology 1.

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Noun

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rope(pluralropes)

  1. (in theplural)Thesmall intestines.
    theropesof birds

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈrope/,[ˈro̞pe̞]
  • Rhymes:-ope
  • Syllabification(key):ro‧pe

Noun

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rope(slang)

  1. (gaming)Clipping ofroolipeli(“RPG, role-playing game”).

Declension

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Inflectionofrope(Kotustype 1/valo,no gradation)
nominative rope ropet
genitive ropen ropejen
partitive ropea ropeja
illative ropeen ropeihin
singular plural
nominative rope ropet
accusative nom. rope ropet
gen. ropen
genitive ropen ropejen
partitive ropea ropeja
inessive ropessa ropeissa
elative ropesta ropeista
illative ropeen ropeihin
adessive ropella ropeilla
ablative ropelta ropeilta
allative ropelle ropeille
essive ropena ropeina
translative ropeksi ropeiksi
abessive ropetta ropeitta
instructive — ropein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive formsofrope(Kotustype 1/valo,no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ropeni ropeni
accusative nom. ropeni ropeni
gen. ropeni
genitive ropeni ropejeni
partitive ropeani ropejani
inessive ropessani ropeissani
elative ropestani ropeistani
illative ropeeni ropeihini
adessive ropellani ropeillani
ablative ropeltani ropeiltani
allative ropelleni ropeilleni
essive ropenani ropeinani
translative ropekseni ropeikseni
abessive ropettani ropeittani
instructive — —
comitative — ropeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ropesi ropesi
accusative nom. ropesi ropesi
gen. ropesi
genitive ropesi ropejesi
partitive ropeasi ropejasi
inessive ropessasi ropeissasi
elative ropestasi ropeistasi
illative ropeesi ropeihisi
adessive ropellasi ropeillasi
ablative ropeltasi ropeiltasi
allative ropellesi ropeillesi
essive ropenasi ropeinasi
translative ropeksesi ropeiksesi
abessive ropettasi ropeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — ropeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ropemme ropemme
accusative nom. ropemme ropemme
gen. ropemme
genitive ropemme ropejemme
partitive ropeamme ropejamme
inessive ropessamme ropeissamme
elative ropestamme ropeistamme
illative ropeemme ropeihimme
adessive ropellamme ropeillamme
ablative ropeltamme ropeiltamme
allative ropellemme ropeillemme
essive ropenamme ropeinamme
translative ropeksemme ropeiksemme
abessive ropettamme ropeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — ropeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ropenne ropenne
accusative nom. ropenne ropenne
gen. ropenne
genitive ropenne ropejenne
partitive ropeanne ropejanne
inessive ropessanne ropeissanne
elative ropestanne ropeistanne
illative ropeenne ropeihinne
adessive ropellanne ropeillanne
ablative ropeltanne ropeiltanne
allative ropellenne ropeillenne
essive ropenanne ropeinanne
translative ropeksenne ropeiksenne
abessive ropettanne ropeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — ropeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ropensa ropensa
accusative nom. ropensa ropensa
gen. ropensa
genitive ropensa ropejensa
partitive ropeaan
ropeansa 		ropejaan
ropejansa
inessive ropessaan
ropessansa 		ropeissaan
ropeissansa
elative ropestaan
ropestansa 		ropeistaan
ropeistansa
illative ropeensa ropeihinsa
adessive ropellaan
ropellansa 		ropeillaan
ropeillansa
ablative ropeltaan
ropeltansa 		ropeiltaan
ropeiltansa
allative ropelleen
ropellensa 		ropeilleen
ropeillensa
essive ropenaan
ropenansa 		ropeinaan
ropeinansa
translative ropekseen
ropeksensa 		ropeikseen
ropeiksensa
abessive ropettaan
ropettansa 		ropeittaan
ropeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — ropeineen
ropeinensa

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Lithuanian

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Noun form

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rópe

  1. instrumental/vocativesingularofrópė(“turnip”)

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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rope

  1. Alternative form ofrop(“rope”)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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rope

  1. Alternative form ofropen(“to form ropes”)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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rope

  1. Alternative form ofropen(“to cry out”)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsehrópa,fromProto-Germanic*hrōpaną.

Verb

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rope(imperativerop,present tenseroper,simple pastropte,past participleropt)

  1. toshout

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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rope(imperativerop,present tenseroparorroper,simple pastropaorropte,past participleropaorropt,present participleropande)

  1. Alternative form ofropa
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