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Definitions: Roper |
RoperNoun1. A decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game). 2. A cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses. 3. A craftsman who makes ropes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "roper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1622. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Roper Margaret Roper was buried with the head of her father, Sir Thomas More, in her arms. "Her, who clasped in her last trance Her murdered father's head." Tennyson. Mistress Roper. A cant name given to the marines by British sailors. The wit, of course, lies in the awkward way that marines handle the ship's ropes. To marry Mistress Roper is to enlist in the marines. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Occupations | Twists and ties casings filled with sausage to form links of specified length: Ties one end of stuffed sausage casing with twine to prevent contents from spilling out. Presses casing between thumb and index finger at length specified. Twists casing at pressed section to form link. Twirls remaining length of stuffed casing to make additional links. Ties ends of stuffed casings to make longer string of links. Drapes sausages over rack for subsequent processing. Cuts casings to remove defective parts or to separate links, using cutting tool. May retie ends. May hold stomachs or casings during filling by SAUSAGE MAKER (meat products) and tie ends. (references) |
| Shrinks felt cones to size and shapes cones to form unfinished hat bodies: Immerses cone in hot water, places cone in steam cabinet, or holds cone over steam jet, to shrink and soften cone. Positions softened cone over heated head-shaped block. Presses and rubs cone to smooth and shape cone by hand or using iron. Ties cord around base of crown and pulls edge of cone over base of block to form brim of hat. Removes cord and block from hat body after drying. May place cones in drying cabinet following blocking process. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Roper, North Carolina."
Synonyms: RoperSynonyms: ropemaker (n), rope-maker (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Roper |
| Specialty definitions using "roper": DRIER OPERATOR I ♦ RBCSP, roper operator. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Roper and Goodie (2003) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | William L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H., Director, CDC, 1990. Credit: CDC. |  | At Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria, in late 1944. The APDs present, in center, are: USS Greene (APD-36) -- closest to camera; USS Osmond Ingram (APD-35) -- next inboard; USS Barry (APD-29); USS Roper (APD-20); and USS Tattnall (APD-19). At the extreme right is USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427). This photograph was dated January 1945, but was taken at least a month earlier. Note old fort in the background. Credit: NAVY. |
 | J. Ellison Carroll, champion roper of the world and cow boys who took part in the roping contest, Oklahoma City, Dec. 31, '09 - Jan. 1, '10. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Steve Roper. "Couldn't you change your mind and stay with the midway, Mike?". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Roper" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 98.84% of the time. "Roper" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 98.84% | 85 | 35,870 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 86 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "roper" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Roper | Last name | 8,000 | 1,608 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Roper Industries, Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Roper, NC (town, FIPS 57740) |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "roper": roper-inner. | |
Ending with "roper": Trevor-roper. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ebert roper | 697 | roper shoes | 16 |
roper | 288 | ebert movie review roper | 15 |
roper appliance | 119 | ebert roper.com | 14 |
roper whitney | 74 | roper tractor | 14 |
roper boot | 69 | reese roper | 14 |
roper refrigerator | 50 | roper mountain science center | 13 |
roper hospital | 47 | roper honda | 13 |
roper pump | 42 | jolly roper | 13 |
roper siskel | 41 | nop roper | 12 |
ebert movie roper | 26 | roper part | 12 |
roper washing machine | 25 | national roper supply | 12 |
roper washer | 25 | roper oven | 11 |
lawn roper tractor | 24 | ebert review roper | 11 |
roper stove | 23 | justin roper boot | 10 |
roper dryer | 20 | roper range | 9 |
roper scientific | 20 | steve roper | 9 |
roper industry | 20 | roper lake | 9 |
lawn mower roper | 19 | goat roper | 9 |
team roper | 18 | roper wear western | 9 |
roper north carolina | 16 | roper kia | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "roper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Mjeshtër Që Bën Kavo, Mbështjellës (wrapping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 制绳子者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Kötélverõ Munkás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | operray Vaqueiro (cowboy, cowherd, cow-puncher, drown, herdsman, neatly, wrangler), Gaúcho (cowboy, cow-puncher), Enlatador (canner, packet), Enfardador (packer), Empacotador (packer, wrapper). (various references) Ковбой, Канатный Мастер. (various references) užar (twister). (various references) Cowboy (cowboy, cowhand, cowman, cow-puncher, wrangler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "roper": roperies, ropers, ropery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "roper": groper, improper, proper. (additional references) | |
Words containing "roper": gropers, hydroperoxide, hydroperoxides, improperly, improperness, impropernesses, interoperabilities, interoperability, interoperable, interoperative, interoperatives, overoperate, overoperated, overoperates, overoperating, properdin, properdins, properer, properest, properly, properness, propernesses, propers, propertied, properties, property, propertyless, propertylessness, propertylessnesses, retroperitoneal, retroperitoneally. (additional references) | |
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"Roper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arope, ooper, oper, Orpa, rapere, rapor, repar, repear, repere, repr, repre, robeer, rober, robor, rocer, roder, roer, roier, rojer, roler, romer, roner, Roope, ropa, rophe, ropner, roppou, rouer, Rouppe, royer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "roper" (pronounced rō"per) |
| 3 | -ō" p er | Loper, Sloper. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: repro. | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-p-r-r" | |
-1 letter: pore, repo, rope. | |
-2 letters: err, ope, ore, per, pro, rep, roe. | |
-3 letters: er, oe, op, or, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-p-r-r" | |
+1 letter: dorper, groper, perron, poorer, porker, porter, pourer, pretor, prober, proper, proser, prover, prower, report, repour, repros, romper, ropers, ropery, ropier. | |
+2 letters: cropper, dorpers, dropper, eardrop, emperor, gropers, grouper, orphrey, perform, peroral, perrons, pierrot, porkers, porkier, pornier, porrect, porters, pourers, praetor, preform, preriot, prerock, presort, pressor, pretors, prework, primero, probers, procure, prodder, proffer, progger, proofer, propers, prorate, prosers, prosier, prosper, prouder, proverb, provers, prowler, pyrrole, regroup, reports, reposer, repours, repower, reprobe, reproof, reprove, rompers, roupier, sporter, trooper, trouper, vaporer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 6F 70 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. --- .--. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01101111 01110000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R o p e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 006F 0070 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5281827184 |
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