Definition
A worthless or unreliable person; someone who is good for nothing and deserves hanging.
Etymology
From 'crack' (worthless/bad) + 'rope' (the rope used in hanging), an archaic insult combining to suggest someone deserved execution. Common in Tudor and Elizabethan English.
Kelly Says
This is a genuinely dark insult from the 1500s—people literally called each other 'crackrope' meaning they deserved to be hanged!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
በፍጥ Rope
be-fut rope
ARالعربية
حبل ممزق
ḥab-lu mu-mz-q
BNবাংলা
বিচ্ছিন্ন রোপ
bi-cchi-nno ro-po
CACatalà
corda trencada
kor-da tre-n-ka-da
CSČeština
prasklá lana
pra-sklá la-na
DADansk
revnet snor
rev-net snoer
DEDeutsch
Rissseil
riss-ˌsail
ELΕλληνικά
σπάσμενη σχοινί
spa-s-me-ni schoi-ni
ESEspañol
cuerda de rajadura
kweɾ-ða de ra-cha-du-ra
FAفارسی
نختی پاره
nakh-ti pa-re
FISuomi
reikäinen köysi
rei-käi-nen köy-si
FRFrançais
corde fendue
kɔʁd fɑ̃dju
GUGU
કાપેલી રેખ
ka-pe-li rekh
HAHA
kamba mai-tsaye
kam-ba mai-tsa-ye
HEעברית
חבל פגום
cha-vel pa-gum
HIहिन्दी
फटे रस्सी
pa-te ras-see
HUMagyar
töredelem
toe-re-de-lem
IDBahasa Indonesia
tali robek
ta-li ro-bek
IGIG
nkwu n'eche
nkwu n'e-che
ITItaliano
corda rotta
kor-da rot-ta
JA日本語
裂けたロープ
re-ta-ke ro-pu
KMKM
ស្លាក់ខ្សោយ
slak kh-soy
KO한국어
찢어진 로프
chjeom-e-jin ro-peu
MRMR
फुटलेली लाट
fut-le-li la-at
MSBahasa Melayu
tali koyak
ta-li ko-yak
MYမြန်မာ
ကြွင်းကျော် ကြိုး
kwin-kjaw kyi
NLNederlands
scheurlijn
scheur-lijn
NONorsk
revnet tau
rev-net tau
PLPolski
linia pęknięta
li-nia pe-k-nie-ta
PTPortuguês
corda furada
kor-da fu-ra-da
RORomână
sfoară ruptă
sfo-ar-ă ru-ptă
RUРусский
порванная верёвка
por-van-naya ver-yov-ka
SVSvenska
sprutad lina
spru-tad li-na
SWKiswahili
kamba iliyopasuka
kam-ba i-li-yo-pa-su-ka
TAதமிழ்
அறுபட்ட கயிறு
a-ru-pat-ta kai-yir-u
TEతెలుగు
చిగురించిన కట్ట
chi-gu-ri-n-chi na kat-ta
THไทย
เชือกขาด
cheuak kaad
TLTL
punitang lubid
pu-ni-tang lu-bid
TRTürkçe
yarık halat
ya-riq ha-lat
UKУкраїнська
розривний мотуз
roz-riv-niy mo-tuz
URاردو
ٹوٹا ہوا تار
to-ta hu-wa ta-ar
VITiếng Việt
dây bị rách
dây bi rách