Ropy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]
       [also: {ropiest}, {ropier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "ropy":
     adhesive, amylaceous, below par, capillary, cartilaginous, chewy,
     cirrose, cirrous, clabbered, clammy, clotted, coagulated, cohesive,
     coriaceous, curdled, deficient, doughy, durable, fibered, fibroid,
     fibrous, filamentous, flagelliform, flossy, funicular, gaumy,
     gelatinous, glairy, gluelike, gluey, glutenous, glutinose,
     glutinous, gooey, gossamery, gristly, grumous, gumbo, gumbolike,
     gumlike, gummous, gummy, hairlike, hairy, hard, hardy, heavy, ill,
     inadequate, indifferent, inferior, inspissated, jelled, jellied,
     jellylike, lasting, leatherlike, leathery, ligamental, mediocre,
     mucilaginous, out of sorts, pasty, poor, poorly, questionable,
     resistant, rough, sickly, silky, sinewy, sketchy, slabby, slimy,
     slithery, starchy, sticky, stiff, stodgy, stringy, strong,
     stubborn, substandard, syrupy, tacky, taeniate, taeniform,
     tenacious, thick, thickened, threadlike, thready, tough,
     tough as leather, tremelloid, tremellose, under the weather,
     unsatisfactory, untiring, unwell, vigorous, viscid, viscose,
     viscous, wiry