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Alternative forms

• ropable

Adjective

ropeable ‎(comparative more ropeable, superlative most ropeable)

1. Able to be roped and so restrained.
2. (Australia, New Zealand) Angry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action.
   • 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!

   • 2003, Dal Stivens, Jimmy Brockett: Portrait of a Notable Australian, page 115,

     As soon as I hit the cold air I got even more ropeable. The garage door caught when I was dragging it back and I gave it a God-almighty heave. There was a sharp crack and it came off the hinges.

     I wanted to smash something, tear something apart with my bare hands, aet fire to the bloody house.

   • 2009, Sean Dooley, Cooking with Baz, page 115,

     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.

   • 2009, Roberta Williams, Roberta Williams: My Life, unnumbered page,

     I was already angry that he had gone out and left me to clean all his **** up but to then find out he had gone off to see his little tart got me even more ropeable.

   • 2011, Christopher Green, New Toddler Taming, page 2,

     As the weeks wore on and the toddler′s tantrums continued, the mother reached her wits′ end and the father became ropeable.

Anagrams

• operable