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rope's-end

rope's-end verb: to beat with the end of a rope.

Verb

rope's-end (third-person singular simple present rope's-ends, present participle rope's-ending, simple past and past participle rope's-ended)

  1. (transitive) To beat with the end of a rope.

Forms of rope's-end

third-person singular presentrope's-ends
present participlerope's-ending
past participlerope's-ended
pastrope's-ended

Questions about rope's-end

What does rope's-end mean?
Rope's-end means to beat with the end of a rope.
What part of speech is rope's-end?
Rope's-end is a verb.
What is the past tense of rope's-end?
The past tense of rope's-end is rope's-ended.

Words near rope's-end in the dictionary

  1. rope worms
  2. rope yarn
  3. Rope Yarn Sunday
  4. rope yarns
  5. rope's end
  6. rope's-end
  7. rope's-ended
  8. rope's-ending
  9. rope's-ends
  10. rope-a-dope
  11. rope-a-doped

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