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nope.

No.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

particle/nəʊp/Received-Pronunciation/noʊp/General-American[noʊp̚]General-American

  1. No.

    emphatic · informal · often
Where this word comes from

Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Luick instead claims it represents a realisation of no with final [ʔ], with a purported reduction of /p/ to [ʔ] before syllabic liquids providing a model for the spelling of [ʔ] as -pe, but it is more parsimonious to assume that the -pe directly represents attested realisations with [p̚]. Therefore no + -p. Compare yep/yup.

noun/nəʊp/Received-Pronunciation/noʊp/General-American[noʊp̚]General-American

  1. A negative reply, no.

    informal
    I'll take that as a nope, then.

  2. An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Luick instead claims it represents a realisation of no with final [ʔ], with a purported reduction of /p/ to [ʔ] before syllabic liquids providing a model for the spelling of [ʔ] as -pe, but it is more parsimonious to assume that the -pe directly represents attested realisations with [p̚]. Therefore no + -p. Compare yep/yup.

noun/nəʊp/

  1. A bullfinch.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

Probably a rebracketing of an ope (see 1823 quote), from alp (“bullfinch”).

noun/nəʊp/

  1. A blow to the head.

    East-Midlands · Northern-England
Where this word comes from

Possibly influenced by nape and knap.

verb/nəʊp/

  1. To hit someone on the head.

    East-Midlands · Northern-England · archaic
Where this word comes from

Possibly influenced by nape and knap.

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