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1. • • ropy (comparative ropier or more ropy, superlative ropiest or most ropy) (British, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health. Synonyms: inferior, second-rate, shabby, unwell
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   What is the meaning of ropy?

   • Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: ropy, ropey(adj) of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong. ropy, ropey, stringy, thready(adj) forming viscous or glutinous threads. ropey, ropy(adj) (British informal) very poor in quality.

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   What does it mean if something is ropey?

   • If you say that something is ropey, you mean that its quality is poor or unsatisfactory. Your spelling's a bit ropey. Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. British informal a. b. 2. 3. Collins English Dictionary.

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   What do ropy muscles look like?

   • ropy muscles. forming viscid or glutinous threads, as a liquid. He was a short, lean man with a leathery face and long, black ropy hair, and beady black eyes that caught the light like a cat's. Near the Guardian Rocks large masses of ropy lava are found which suggest ejected bombs.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishROPY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Examples of ropy. He tried to save a ropy secondary bank, which is now called a hedge fund, and reduced interest rates three times in two weeks. Some of the piers are getting pretty ropy. What is unbelievable today is the sheer hypocrisy of a party that has such a catalogue of ropy practices in local government.

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     Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist,...

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     ropy translate: de má qualidade. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Synonyms of ropy. 1. a. : capable of being drawn into a thread : viscous. also : tending to adhere in stringy masses. b. : having a gelatinous or slimy quality from bacterial or fungal contamination. ropy milk. ropy flour. 2. a. : resembling rope. b. : muscular, sinewy. 3. slang : poor, lousy. ropiness noun. Synonyms. syrupy. thick.

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   Synonyms for ROPY: thick, viscous, syrupy, sticky, viscid, heavy, turbid, thickened; Antonyms of ROPY: thin, watery, runny, fluid, flowing, liquid, soupy, weak.

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   Ropy definition: resembling a rope or ropes. See examples of ROPY used in a sentence.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryROPY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid. From Project Gutenberg. It was also slimy and ropy; and was drank only as a means and a wretched one of prolonging life. From Project Gutenberg.

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   Definitions of ropy. adjective. of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong. synonyms: ropey. adjective. forming viscous or glutinous threads. synonyms: ropey, stringy, thready. thick. relatively dense in consistency.

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