(Cornwall) alley or narrow passage e.g. Tonkin's Ope

(Midwest) an exclamation of surprise; oops

(now dialectal or poetic) Open.

(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To open.

simple past tense and past participle of ope

Pronunciation spelling of hope.

Misspelling of openness.

(informal) Clipping of operation. / (informal) An amateur radio operator. / (Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.

(transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.

(Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of OP (“original post, original poster”).