r 1 o 1 p 3 e 1 s 1
5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a strong line
noun street names for flunitrazepan
verb catch with a lasso
originIn the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes. The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0