Ope

//oʊp// adj, intj, noun, verb, slang

adj, intj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc). Cornwall

    "Tonkin's Ope"

  2. 2
    Clipping of operations, in terms of an organization. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, slang, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of octylphenol ethoxylate. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "The remaining 20% of the market consists of octylphenol ethoxylates (OPE) and other lesser-known alkylphenols."

Verb
  1. 1
    To open. ambitransitive, dialectal, poetic

    "Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Open. dialectal, poetic

    "Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […]."

Intj
  1. 1
    An exclamation of surprise; oops. Midwestern-US, US

    "Ope! Sorry about that."

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Example

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"We breach the walls, and ope the town inside. / All set to work, and to the feet below / fix wheels, and hempen ropes around the neck they throw. / Mounting the walls, the monster moves along, / teeming with arms. Boys, maidens joy around / to touch the ropes, and raise the festive song."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.

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