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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

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;
- Example: "ropey food"
- Example: "a ropey performance"
[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]