ropes

See also: Ropes

English

Etymology

In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes. The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊps/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊps/
• Rhymes: -əʊps

• Audio (US):

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Noun

ropes

1. plural of rope
2. (in the plural, with the) Basic skills of a job.

   show the ropes, learn the ropes

Derived terms

• know the ropes
• show the ropes

 

Verb

ropes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rope

Anagrams

• OPers., Peros, Perso-, S'pore, Soper, Spero, opers, pores, poser, preso, pro se, prose, reops, repos, soper, spore

Asturian

Noun

ropes

1. plural of ropa

Lithuanian

Noun form

rópes

1. accusative plural of rópė (“turnip”)

Middle English

Noun

ropes

1. plural of rop (“rope”)