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ropy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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