nope
A negative reply, noA negative reply, no.
» Nope, not at all.
Nein, überhaupt nicht.
Нет, нисколько.
Meaning
4 senses(informal)A negative reply, no.
I'll take that as a nope, then.
(slang)An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.
(East Midlands, Northern England)A blow to the head.
(archaic)A bullfinch.
Examples
14 sentencesNope, not at all.
ruНет, нисколько.
deNein, überhaupt nicht.
Nope, I'm not buying it.
Ні, я в це не вірю.
"Are you ready?" "Nope." "Alright let's go."
"Don't you live in Boston anymore?" "Nope."
ru«Ты в Бостоне уже не живёшь?» — «Не-а».
de„Wohnst du nicht mehr in Boston?“ – „Nein.“
"I saw it!" "Nope! You didn't see it!"
ru«Я видел это!» — «Нет! Ты не видел!»
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Luick instead claimsRepresenting 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.
Probably a rebracketing of an ope (see 1823 quote), from alp (“bullfinch”).
Possibly influenced by nape and knap.
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