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ropeable - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
ropeable (comparative more ropeable, superlative most ropeable) Able to be roped and so restrained . (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Angry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action.
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ROPABLE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. capable of being roped 2. Australia : in a bad temper : angry Word History First Known Use 1870, in the meaning defined at sense 2.
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ropeable, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective ropeable is in the 1870s. OED's earliest evidence for ropeable is from 1870, in the writing of 'Old Boomerang' ...
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ropeable
ropeable, a. Austr. and N.Z. slang. (ˈrəʊpəb(ə)l) Also ropable. [f. rope v.1 + -able.] Requiring to be roped; intractable, wild; violently angry.1874 C. de Boos Congewoi Corr. 195, I don't know a nastier smell than the smeller new togs just fresh from the tailor's goose, and the thoughter that amost...
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ropeable adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...
ropeable adjective /ˈrəʊpəbl/ /ˈrəʊpəbl/ (Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) extremely angry synonym furious
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ROPEABLE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin ...
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Joseph Furphy
The novel contains possibly the first written incidence of the Australian and New Zealand idiom "ropeable". Chapter One contains the following phrase: "On't ole Martin be ropeable when he sees that fence!"
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What is another word for ropeable? - WordHippo Thesaurus
What is another word for ropeable? Adjective. Extremely angry, full of rage. furious · angry · enraged · incensed · irate · mad · infuriated · livid · fuming ...
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ropable - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
ropable, ropeable /ˈrəʊpəbəl/ adj. capable of being roped; Austral NZ informal. angry; wild or intractable: a ropable beast.
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Being ropeable is an Australian tradition - Macquarie Dictionary
It is a piece of classic Aussie slang from the 1870s that is still going strong today. It means to be seething with anger; literally, 'fit to be tied'.
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ROPEABLE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Ropeable definition: ropable.. See examples of ROPEABLE used in a sentence.
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ropeable is an adjective - Word Type
ropeable is an adjective: Able to be roped and so restrained. Angry to the point of needing to be roped or restrained
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rope
▪ I. rope, n.1 (rəʊp) Forms: α. 1–4 rap, 2–5, Sc. 7–9 rape; 4 rayp, 6–9 raip(e, 6 raipp; 8–9 raep, 9 dial. reap(e, reeap. β. 3–4 rop, 4–7 roop(e, 5–6 roppe, 6–7 roap(e; 3– rope. [Common Teut.: OE. ráp masc., = OFris. râp (in silrâp; WFris. reap, EFris. rôp, but NFris. riap:—*rêp), MDu. and Du. reep,...
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