Nope Definition

nōp

adverb

No.

American Heritage

No.

Webster's New World

(informal) No.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

noun

(informal) A negative reply, no.

I'll take that as a nope, then.

Wiktionary

(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

Singular:

nope

Plural:

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.

From Wiktionary
Probably mutated from ope (see 1823 quote) from alp;

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Possibly influenced by nape and knap.

From Wiktionary
Alteration of no

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