Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ropy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ropy \Rop"y\, a.
capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous
substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy
sirup; ropy lees.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ropy
adj 1: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: {ropey}, {stringy},
{thready}]
2: (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a
ropey performance" [syn: {ropey}]


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