rōˈper noun

1. A rope-maker
2. A person who ropes a horse
3. A decoy (also rōˈper-inˈ)

rōpˈery noun

1. Ropework
2. Trickery, knavery (archaic)

rōpˈily adverb

rōpˈiness noun

rōpˈing noun and adjective

rōˈpy or rōˈpey (rōˈpier; rōˈpiest) adjective

1. Stringy
2. Glutinous
3. Wrinkled like loops of rope
4. Bad of its kind (slang)
5. Slightly unwell (slang)

rope dance noun

A tightrope performance

rope dancer noun

ropeˈ-drilling noun

Boring by a drill alternately raised by a rope and then dropped

rope house noun

1. A storehouse for ropes
2. A house where salt is crystallized from brine trickling along ropes

rope ladder noun

A ladder of ropes

rope machine noun

ropeˈ-maker noun

ropeˈ-making noun

ropeˈ-ripe adjective

Deserving to be hanged

rope's end noun (historical)

1. The end of a rope used for flogging
2. A hangman's noose

rope'sˈ-end transitive verb (historical)

To beat with a rope's end

ropeˈ-soled adjective

Having a sole of rope

rope stitch noun

Satin stitch worked in stitches laid diagonally side by side

rope trick noun

1. A disappearing trick with a rope
2. Poss a rhetorical figure, or, according to some, a trick deserving the gallows (Shakespeare)

ropeˈ-walk noun

A long narrow shed or alley for twisting strands into rope

ropeˈ-walker noun

A tight-rope performer

ropeˈ-walking noun

ropeˈway noun

A means of transmission by ropes

ropeˈwork noun

1. A rope-walk or rope factory (ropeˈworks singular noun)
2. A system of ropes

rope yarn noun

Yarn for making ropes, or obtained by untwisting ropes

roping-downˈ noun (informal)

Abseiling

give someone (enough) rope (to hang himself or herself)

To allow a person full scope to defeat his or her own ends

know the ropes see under know

on the high ropes

1. Elated
2. Arrogant

on the ropes

1. Driven back against the ropes of a boxing ring
2. Nearing defeat, desperate

rope in

To bring in, enlist (esp someone who is reluctant)

ropes of sand

A bond with no cohesion

the rope

Capital punishment by hanging