crack-rope
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged; a gallows bird.
Etymology
Compound from English crack (highly skilled, excellent) + English rope.
Origin
English
rope
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticrack English
- breastrope English
- buttcrack English
- catch-rope English
- crack English
- crack shot English
- crack-hemp English
- crackability English
- crackable English
- crackback English
- crackbrain English
- crackbrained English
- crackerjack English
- crackest English
- cracketh English
- crackfic English
- crackhead English
- crackhouse English
- crackjaw English
- crackle English
- crackless English
- cracklet English
- cracklike English
- crackmeter English
- crackpipe English
- crackpot English
- crackproof English
- crackship English
- cracksman English
- cracky English
- craic English
- footrope English
- goat-rope English
- handrope English
- headrope English
- hobblerope English
- hydrocrack English
- macrocrack English
- manrope English
- mastrope English
- microcrack English
- mudcrack English
- nutcrack English
- outcrack English
- precrack English
- recrack English
- ridgerope English
- rope English
- rope dancer English
- rope-ripe English
- rope-worthy English
- ropeable English
- ropeband English
- ropedancing English
- ropefish English
- ropeless English
- ropelike English
- ropeloft English
- ropemaker English
- ropemaking English
- ropeman English
- ropemate English
- roper English
- ropery English
- ropesman English
- ropewalk English
- ropewalker English
- ropewalking English
- ropeway English
- ropework English
- ropeworker English
- ropish English
- stirrup English
- suncrack English
- thundercrack English
- tightrope English
- tocrack English
- toprope English
- towrope English
- unrope English
- wainrope English
- whipcrack English
- wisecrack English
- crack Finnish
- kräkki Finnish
- Crack German
- craccare Italian
- crack French
- крэк Russian
- crack Spanish, Castilian
- crack Portuguese
- crak Middle English
- crakken Middle English
- rope Middle English
- craic Irish
- rópa Irish
- crac Welsh
- ròpa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- rop Tok Pisin
- lope Chinook Jargon
- rope
- roper
- craic
- crack
- ropery
- unrope
- cracky
- ropish
- tocrack
- ropeway
- manrope
- ropeman
- stirrup
- recrack
- toprope
- towrope
- crackle
- ropewalk
- ropeband
- ropeable
- ropeless
- suncrack
- footrope
- outcrack
- crackfic
- ropework
- ropeloft
- wainrope
- mastrope
- headrope
- cracketh
- ropefish
- ropemate
- ropelike
- precrack
- nutcrack
- crackpot
- crackjaw
- handrope
- crackest
- mudcrack
- ropesman
- cracklet
- wisecrack
- tightrope
- ropemaker
- crackless
- whipcrack
- crackable
- crackhead
- cracksman
- crackship
- buttcrack
- ridgerope
- rope-ripe
- cracklike
- goat-rope
- crackpipe
- anticrack
- crackback
- crackhouse
- ropewalker
- crackmeter
- crack-hemp
- crackproof
- crackbrain
- hobblerope
- crack shot
- breastrope
- macrocrack
- microcrack
- catch-rope
- ropeworker
- hydrocrack
- ropemaking
- rope dancer
- ropedancing
- crackerjack
- rope-worthy
- ropewalking
- crackability
- crackbrained
- thundercrack