[syn: ropey, ropy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ropy \Rop"y\, a.
capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous
substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy
sirup; ropy lees.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ropy
adj 1: of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
[syn: ropy, ropey]
2: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: ropy, ropey,
stringy, thready]
3: (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a
ropey performance" [syn: ropey, ropy]