Ope
adj, intj, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc). Cornwall
"Tonkin's Ope"
- 2 Clipping of operations, in terms of an organization. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, slang, uncountable
- 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."
- 1 To open. ambitransitive, dialectal, poetic
"Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth."
- 1 Open. dialectal, poetic
"Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […]."
- 1 An exclamation of surprise; oops. Midwestern-US, US
"Ope! Sorry about that."
Example
More examples"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
Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/). Compare yep, yup, nope, and welp.
From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.