Crossword clues for nope
nope
- ''Forget it!''
- Relative of nix
- Casual refusal
- "Doubt it"
- Yup's counterpart
- Opposite of "yep"
- No, slangily
- "Yup" opposite
- "You wish"
- "Not likely"
- "Never gonna happen"
- "Keep dreaming"
- "Hard pass"
- Yup's antonym
- Curt turndown
- Casual turndown word
- "Guess again"
- "Ain't happenin'"
- ''I don't think so!''
- Yup's opposite
- Not yup
- Not yep
- Kin of nah
- "Nothing doing"
- Word of refusal
- Terse turndown
- Terse negative
- Slangy no
- Opposite of "Yep!"
- Negative of a sort
- Fat chance!
- "You're dreaming"
- "Yep!" opposite
- "Won't work"
- "Try again"
- "That ain't right"
- "That ain't gonna work"
- "Sorry, pal"
- "Sorry, dude"
- "Can't help ya"
- "Absolutely not"
- 'Yup' opposite
- ''I don't think so''
- Terse rejection
- Partner of yep
- Opposite of yup
- Negative slang word
- Gary Cooper negative
- Disagreeable answer
- Curt contradiction
- Cooper negative
- Casual refusal ... and, another way, a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers
- Casual no
- Casual disagreement
- "Yep" opposite
- "Won't do it"
- "That's wrong"
- "Sorry, can't"
- "Nah, I don't think so"
- "It ain't gonna happen"
- "I'm not going near that"
- "Gotta turn you down"
- "Can't say I've seen it"
- "Can't say as I do"
- "Ain't gonna do it!"
- "'Tain't so"
- 'Yep' opposite
- 'Fat chance'
- ''No way''
- "Don't think so"
- Nah
- "Negatory!"
- Slangy denial
- "Huh-uh"
- "Forget it!"
- "I don't think so"
- Yep's opposite
- "Uh-uh"
- Opposite of 15-Across
- "Uh-uh!"
- Informal rejection
- "Forget about it"
- Informal demurral
- Casual rejection
- "Not a chance"
- "Ain't gonna happen"
- "Ixnay"
- "You're mistaken"
- "Don't think so!"
- "Can't help ya!"
- "Fat chance!"
- Slangy dissent
- "Fuhgeddaboudit"
- Colloquial denial
- "Ain't happening"
- Slangy negative
- Good reply to a dope pusher
- Kin of nix
- Slangy rejection
- Slangy answer
- "No way!"
- Cooper's negative
- Slangy refusal
- Informal refusal
- Casual dissent
- Slangy turndown
- Opposite of yep
- Slangy declination
- Relative of nah
- Slangy disclaimer
- Expert on board relative's trailer when train missed
- Off games? Absolutely not!
- Spread out cycling? Absolutely not
- See 20 Across
- Never taking part in Australian Open
- Negative reply
- Turned on by physical exercise? Definitely not
- "Yeah, right!"
- "In your dreams!"
- "Dream on!"
- "Not gonna happen"
- "No way"
- "Forget it"
- Informal denial
- "Absolutely not!"
- "Ain't happening!"
- Informal turndown
- Informal negative
- "Not gonna happen!"
- "I don't think so!"
- "Fat chance"
- Casual turndown
- Relaxed rejection
- Opposite of "yup"
- "In your dreams"
- Refusal word
- Casual denial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nope \nope\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A bullfinch. [Prov. Eng.]
nope \nope\, interj. & adv. No. [informal]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1888, emphatic form of no, with emphasis on the closing of the lips.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 adv. (context informal English) no. n. (context informal English) A negative reply, no. vb. (context informal Internet Internet slang English) To leave an uncomfortable situation, usually quickly. Etymology 2
n. (qualifier: archaic except near Staffordshire, England) A bullfinch Etymology 3
n. (qualifier: East Midlands and Northern England) A blow to the head. vb. (qualifier: East Midlands and Northern England) (qualifier: archaic) To hit someone on the head.
Usage examples of "nope".
Since both Magid and Alkazar are high-tech, can get messages back and forth, no problem, nope nope.
I extend a general invitation to every biped, multiped, and noped that they could encroach on my privacy whenever the whim might strike their atrophied brainpans?
Nope, high aptitude at puzzle solving measures only one thing -- the ability to solve puzzles -- as Poundstone points out while discussing the curious membership of Mensa.
Nope, her recep had reappeared because his sense of responsibility demanded he escort her safely home.
Brawley, through sun-blanched smog, toward a meeting with a Dreamworks development executive, nope.
Since both Magid and Alkazar are high-tech, can get messages back and forth, no problem, nope nope.
If there were any justice in the world he'd've gone off into the world as a winter runaway, but nope, sticks like a cockleburr to a woolen vest.
Nope, not exercise, not diet- I still eat like a pig and you know it.
Nope, she honed right in on the genetic question of why he had blue eyes.
Nope, not one of the world's great living rooms, but with a shag rug and some nice modern furniture, it might be fine.