CRACKROPE Meaning of CRACKROPE in English ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ nounEtymology: Middle English crakraip, from craken, cracken to crack + raip, variant of rope 1. archaic : gallows bird2. : rogue , wag Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012