nope
adverb
- no
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /nəʊp/ / /noʊp/ / [noʊp̚]
name
Etymology: From a Wampanoag name for the island (or perhaps just for Gay Head, as 1841 cite).
- Martha's Vineyard
“The principal island, Martha's Vineyard...Its usual Indian name was Capawock, though sometimes called Nope. (It is believed that Nope was more properly the name of Gay Head.) The greatest part of the island is low and level land.”
“Miohqsoo, or Myoxeo, was another noted Indian of Nope. He was a convert of Hiacoomes, whom he had sent for to inquire of him about his God.”
noun
Etymology: Possibly influenced by nape and knap.
- A blow to the head.
“(in an example of use of crackmans) The cull thought to have loped by breaking through the crackmans, but we fetched him back by a nope on the costard, which stopped his jaw.”
“I'll fetch thee a nope.”
particle
Etymology: 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] in 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]. Compare yep, welp, ope, and yup.
- No.
“"Is my son here, Clarence?" asked Roger Oakley. "Nope. The whistle ain't blowed yet."”
“"No," from Tom, ending the word with so decided a pressure of the lips that it sounded like "nope."”
verb
Etymology: Possibly influenced by nape and knap.
- To hit someone on the head.
“"Nope him on the costard," said Ben Bolter.”
“The sexton seemed reluctant to resume his old duties, remarking -- "Be I to nope Mr. M on the head if I catches him asleep?"”