nope

Meanings

Noun

• A negative reply, no.
• An intensely undesirable thing, such as a circumstance or an animal, eliciting immediate repulsion without possibility of further consideration.
• A bullfinch
• A blow to the head.

Verb

• To hit someone on the head.

Related

Opposite words

• yup
• yep
• yeah

Origin

• Representing no pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end. Compare yep and welp.
• Probably a rebracketing of an ope (see 1823 quote), from alp.
• Possibly influenced by nape and knap.