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rope

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See also: ropě and ropę

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From Middle English rop, rope, from Old English rāp (“rope, cord, cable”), from Proto-West Germanic *raip, from Proto-Germanic *raipaz, *raipą (“rope, cord, band, ringlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁roypnós (“strap, band, rope”), from *h₁reyp- (“to peel off, tear; border, edge, strip”).

    Cognates

    Cognate with Scots rape, raip (“rope”), Saterland Frisian Roop (“rope”), West Frisian reap (“rope, cord”), Dutch roop, reep (“rope, cord, ring, strip, bar”), German Low German Reep (“rope”), Swedish rep (“rope”), Danish reb (“rope”), Icelandic reipi (“rope”), Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”).

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    Noun

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    rope (countable and uncountable, plural ropes)

    Length of rope.
    1. (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
      Synonyms: twine, line, cord; see also Thesaurus:string
      Nylon rope is usually stronger than similar rope made of plant fibers.
    2. (countable) An individual length of such material.
      The swinging bridge is constructed of 40 logs and 30 ropes.
      All at once, let’s heave on the rope!
    3. A cohesive strand of something.
      The duchess wore a rope of pearls to the soirée.
      • 2003, Dennis Lehane, Mystic River‎[1], →ISBN, page 138:
        Jimmy began to scream and ropes of spit shot from his mouth.
    4. (dated) A continuous stream.
    5. (baseball) A hard line drive.
      He hit a rope past third and into the corner.
    6. (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
    7. (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
      Synonym: cord
    8. (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (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, page 7522:
        The central strip of the loka, the Middle World, represents its smallest area, being only one rope wide and one hundred thousand leagues high, […]
    10. (jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
    11. (nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
    12. (archaic) A unit of length equal to twenty feet.
    13. (slang) Rohypnol.
    14. (slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.
      shooting ropes
    15. (with "the") Death by hanging.
      The murderer was sentenced to the rope.
    16. (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
      1. (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a rope.
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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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      From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above.

      Verb

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      rope (third-person singular simple present ropes, present participle roping, simple past and past participle roped)

      1. (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
        The robber roped the victims.
      2. (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
        The cowboy roped the calf.
      3. (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
        • 1984, G. F. Dutton, The Ridiculous Mountains, page 153:
          We roped down 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. (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
        • 1882, Edwin Sharpe Grew, Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, Arthur Cowper Ranyard, Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science (volume 1, page 132)
          Others, a shade more advanced, have been known to bribe a jockey to "hold," "rope" a horse, or a stableman to poison or stupefy him.
      6. (Internet slang, originally incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
        My life is a mess; I might as well rope.
        • 2019, Julia Rose DeCook, anonymous quotee, “Curating the Future: The Sustainability Practices of Online Hate Groups”, in Michigan State University‎[3], archived from the original on 5 September 2021, page 153:
          In figure 71, the poster Brahcel notes that he “almost roped” because he could not find the community […]
        • 2020 April 26, Joshua A. Segalewitz, “'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board”, in University of Dayton‎[4], archived from the original on 13 August 2023, 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 to rope.”
        • 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, see Citations:rope.
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      terms derived from rope (verb)
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      Etymology 3

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        From Middle English rop (“gut, intestine”), from Old English rop, ropp; compare Middle Dutch rop, roppe (“fish guts”).

        The modern pronunciation results from phonological assimilation to Etymology 1.

        Alternative forms

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        Noun

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        rope (plural ropes)

        1. (in the plural) The small intestines.
          the ropes of 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
        • Hyphenation(key): ro‧pe

        Noun

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        rope (slang)

        1. (gaming) syllabic abbreviation of roolipeli (“RPG, role-playing game”)

        Declension

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        Inflection of rope (Kotus type 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 forms of rope (Kotus type 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

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        rópe

        1. instrumental/vocative singular of rópė (“turnip”)

        Middle English

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        Etymology 1

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        Noun

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        rope

        1. alternative form of rop (“rope”)

        Etymology 2

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        Verb

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        rope

        1. alternative form of ropen (“to form ropes”)

        Etymology 3

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        Verb

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        rope

        1. alternative form of ropen (“to cry out”)

        Norwegian Bokmål

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        Etymology

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        From Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną.

        Verb

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        rope (imperative rop, present tense roper, simple past ropte, past participle ropt)

        1. to shout

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        Norwegian Nynorsk

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        Verb

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        rope (imperative rop, present tense ropar or roper, simple past ropa or ropte, past participle ropa or ropt, present participle ropande)

        1. alternative form of ropa
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