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Ope is the Midwestern way of acknowledging another person or thing that they have encountered.
Ope! Sorry I bumped into you Jim.

Ope, there's my wallet.

Ope! I missed my bus!
Ope by Pandar937 May 24, 2018
It's a Midwest thing. When someone cuts in front of you rudely, when you are surprised, when you bump into someone, or when something is offensively funny, you use the word ope.
Boss: You're getting a promotion

You: Ope, really? Thank you so much

*bumbs into someone at the mall*
You: Ope sorry my bad
Ope by aannettec July 6, 2017
Word of the Day on June 20, 2022
“Ope, that is not a toilet”
“Ope, not on the dog dude
Ope by Bubba Sudz May 23, 2019
What Eminem actually says in his

Lose Yourself verse.
Eminem: Snap back to reality, ope there goes gravity
ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked
Ope by SamMan1235 August 18, 2018
A word used to express one’s forgiveness for their inconvenience or interrupting you. Used mostly by the people in the upper mid-western states.
Ope, sorry.
Ope, didn’t see you there.
Ope, gonna sneak right past ya’ there.
Ope by Midwestern Translator October 29, 2019
(noun) -An interjection of surprise after an unexpected event occured. It can be for either bad or good connotation depending on the situation.
You and a friend are fighting over an ice cream cone and it slips out of your hands and lands on your dogs head, so you and your friend look at each other and say, "Ope!"
ope! by YaMommasDaddy February 3, 2012