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symbol · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

symbol

Meaning 1

Not.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, uncommon

Qualifier: literal

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2

symbol

Meaning 2

Represents suicide.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, euphemistic, rare

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3

symbol

Meaning 3

A knot, slang for the bulbus glandis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, euphemistic, slang

Topics: lifestyle

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History

Etymology

Sense 1 and sense 3 are puns based on their similar pronunciations. Sense 2 is a metonym derived from the use of rope as a method of suicide; compare the verb rope (“to commit suicide, particularly by hanging”).