Nope Definition

nōp
adverb
No.
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No.
Webster's New World

(informal) No.

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noun

(informal) A negative reply, no.

I'll take that as a nope, then.
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(archaic except near Staffordshire, England) A bullfinch.

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(East Midlands and Northern England) A blow to the head.

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(archaic) Martha's Vineyard.
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verb

(East Midlands and Northern England) (archaic) To hit someone on the head.

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Other Word Forms of Nope

Noun

Singular:
nope
Plural:
nopes

Origin of Nope

  • From a Wampanoag name for the island (perhaps just for Gay Head, as 1841 cite).

    From Wiktionary

  • Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end.

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  • Probably mutated from ope (see 1823 quote) from alp;

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  • Possibly influenced by nape and knap.

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  • Alteration of no

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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