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Roper

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rope  (rp)
n.
1. A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.
2. A string of items attached in one line by or as if by twisting or braiding: a rope of onions.
3. A sticky glutinous formation of stringy matter in a liquid.
4.
a. A cord with a noose at one end for hanging a person.
b. Execution or death by hanging: to die by the rope.
5. A lasso or lariat.
6. ropes Sports Several cords strung between poles to enclose a boxing or wrestling ring.
7. ropes Informal Specialized procedures or details: learn the ropes; know the ropes.
v. roped, rop·ing, ropes
v.tr.
1. To tie or fasten with or as if with rope.
2. To enclose, separate, or partition with or as if with a rope: rope off the scene of the crime.
3. To catch with a rope or lasso.
4. Informal To trick or deceive: An unscrupulous salesperson roped us into buying worthless property.
v.intr.
To become like a cord or rope.
Idioms:
on the ropes
1. Sports Knocked against the ropes that enclose a boxing ring.
2. On the verge of defeat or collapse; hopeless or powerless.
the end of (one's) rope
The limit of one's patience, endurance, or resources: After six months on strike, the workers were at the end of their rope.

[Middle English, from Old English rp.]

roper n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Roperroper - a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
decoy, steerer - a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
2.roper - a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, puncher, cattleman - a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
3.roper - a craftsman who makes ropes
artisan, journeyman, artificer, craftsman - a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

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Then, instead of approaching the fallen animal as a roper of the western plains might do, Korak dragged his captive to himself, pulling him in hand over hand, and when he was within reach leaping upon him even as Sheeta the panther might have done, and burying his teeth in the animal's neck while he found its heart with the point of his hunting knife.
"He ain't got distangy manners, dammy," Bragg observed to his first mate; "he wouldn't do at Government House, Roper, where his Lordship and Lady William was as kind to me, and shook hands with me before the whole company, and asking me at dinner to take beer with him, before the Commander-in-Chief himself; he ain't got manners, but there's something about him--" And thus Captain Bragg showed that he possessed discrimination as a man, as well as ability as a commander.
Anywhere under forty feet I am an excellent roper, at fifty feet I am fair; but over that I knew it would be a matter of luck if I succeeded in getting my noose about that beautiful arched neck.
 
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