ropes
UK/ɹəʊps//ɹoʊps/
ropes noun: basic skills of a job. Also the plural of rope.
Noun
ropes
- Basic skills of a job.
- show the ropes, learn the ropes
Proper noun capitalized: Ropes
Ropes
- A surname.
Also used as
ropes is also the plural of rope.
ropes is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of rope.
ropes meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ropes in Hindi
- रस्सियाँ, रस्सियों, रस्सियां
ropes in Tamil
- கயிறுகள், கயிற்கள்
ropes in Marathi
- दोरखंडे
ropes in Urdu
- رسیاں, رسیں, رسیوں
More languagesFewer languages
- ropes in Bengali
- দড়িগুলি
- ropes in Telugu
- తాడులు, తాళ్లు, తాళ్ళు
- ropes in Malayalam
- കയറുകൾ
- ropes in Kannada
- ಹಗ್ಗಗಳು, ಹಗ್ಗಗಳನ್ನು
- ropes in Punjabi
- ਰੱਸੀਆਂ
- ropes in Gujarati
- દોરડાઓ, દોરડાં
- ropes in Odia
- ରଶିଗୁଡ଼ିକ, ରଶି ଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ
- ropes in Nepali
- डोरीहरू, रस्सीहरू
Origin of ropes
In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes. The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.
Words formed from ropes
Phrases with ropes
- ropes in
- ropes up
- dog ropes
- guy ropes
- leg ropes
- ropes off
- ropes out
- top ropes
- tow ropes
- bell ropes
- bolt ropes
- bull ropes
49 more phrasesFewer phrases
- buoy ropes
- drag ropes
- fast ropes
- flat ropes
- gift ropes
- goat ropes
- jump ropes
- laid ropes
- nope ropes
- ropes into
- skip ropes
- wire ropes
- yard ropes
- bungy ropes
- catch ropes
- guest ropes
- guide ropes
- ridge ropes
- tight ropes
- battle ropes
- bungee ropes
- frozen ropes
- hobble ropes
- on the ropes
- picket ropes
- prayer ropes
- ropes course
- Chinese ropes
- devil's ropes
- ropes courses
- ropes of sand
- coyote's ropes
- Ropes Crossing
- skipping ropes
- twopenny ropes
- learn the ropes
- cable-laid ropes
- learns the ropes
- learnt the ropes
- showed the ropes
- hawser-laid ropes
- knowing the ropes
- learned the ropes
- on the high ropes
- learning the ropes
- up against the ropes
- shows someone the ropes
- showed someone the ropes
- showing someone the ropes
Words that rhyme with ropes
Questions about ropes
- What does ropes mean?
- Ropes means basic skills of a job.
- What is ropes in Hindi?
- Ropes in Hindi is रस्सियाँ, रस्सियों, रस्सियां. See Ropes meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ropes?
- Ropes can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ropes?
- Ropes is pronounced /ɹoʊps/ (US).
Words near ropes in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ropes (page history and authors); Ropes (page history and authors); ropes (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ropes (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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