Definition of NOPE

nope

Plural: nopes

Particle

  • No.

Noun

  • A negative reply, no.
  • An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.
  • A bullfinch.
  • A blow to the head.

Verb

  • To hit someone on the head.

Adverb

  • An informal way of saying "no."

Examples

  • "Can you really challenge that word?" "Nope," she replied, knowing it was valid.
  • I'll take that as a nope, then.

Origin / 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.

Antonyms

yeah, yep, yup

Scrabble Score: 6

nope: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nope: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nope: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

nope: valid Words With Friends Word