Ropeable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ropeable is an adjective meaning Able to be roped and so restrained.
Meaning
Able to be roped and so restrained.
More Meanings
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Angry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action.
Example Sentences
As the weeks wore on and the toddler′s tantrums continued, the mother reached her wits′ end and the father became ropeable.
I was already angry that he had gone out and left me to clean all his shit up but to then find out he had gone off to see his little tart got me even more ropeable.
1903, Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts From The Diary of Tom Collins, 2004, page 19, ′On′t ole Martin be ropeable when he sees that fence!
The phone rang a couple of hours later and it was Di. I have never heard her more ropable in my life; it is the only tongue-lashing I ever remember getting from her and it was excoriating.
Word Forms
- ropable
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ropable, tieable, rope-worthy, tetherable, harnessable, restrainable.
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