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rope

UK/ɹəʊp/ US/ɹoʊp/ common slang
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

verb

1.

catch with a lasso

  • “rope cows”
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2.

fasten with a rope

  • “rope the bag securely”
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Origin

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”), German Reif (“ring, hoop”), Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish rep (“rope”), Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk reip (“rope”), Danish reb (“rope”), Icelandic reipi (“rope”), Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”).

Phrases

  • battle rope terms derived from rope (noun)
  • bell rope terms derived from rope (noun)
  • bolt rope terms derived from rope (noun)
  • bull rope terms derived from rope (noun)
  • bungee rope terms derived from rope (noun)
  • bungy rope terms derived from rope (noun)
  • buoy rope terms derived from rope (noun)
  • cable-laid rope terms derived from rope (noun)

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