Ropy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Resembling a rope or ropes.
  • adj. Forming sticky glutinous strings or threads, as some liquids.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Resembling a rope.
  • adj. Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
  • adj. Of poor quality; in poor health.
  • adj. Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Resembling a rope or cord; cord-like.
  • Capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous: as, ropy wine; ropy lees.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (British informal) very poor in quality
  • adj. forming viscous or glutinous threads
  • adj. of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
  • Equivalent
    inferior    thick   
    Variant
    ropiest    ropier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stringy    viscous    tenacious    glutinous    string   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ropelike    snakelike    threadlike    prehensile    ropey    whiplike    thread-like    snaky    corded    serpent-like