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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 is ropy wine?

   • Ropy wines have abnormally high viscosity and an oily or slimy appearance. It occurs when lactic acid bacteria synthesize an exopolysaccharide, glucan, consisting of sophorose units (β1 ➔ 3 glucose, β1 ➔ 2 glucose) ( Llauberes, Richard, Lonvaud, Dubourdieu, & Fournet, 1990 ).

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   What does ropiness mean?

   • 1. Resembling a rope or ropes. 2. Forming sticky glutinous strings or threads, as some liquids. rop′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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   Meaning of ropy in English. ropy. adjective. UK informal (also ropey) uk / ˈrəʊ.pi / us / ˈroʊ.pi / ropier | ropiest. Add to word list. in bad condition or of low quality: Your tyres look a bit ropy, don't they? I usually feel rather ropy (= ill) the morning after a big party. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Informal words for bad.

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   ROPY definition: forming sticky , stringy threads , as some liquids do; glutinous | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

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   The meaning of ROPY is capable of being drawn into a thread : viscous; also : tending to adhere in stringy masses. How to use ropy in a sentence.

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

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   Definition of ropy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Define ropy. ropy synonyms, ropy pronunciation, ropy translation, English dictionary definition of ropy. also rop·ey adj. rop·i·er , rop·i·est 1. Resembling a rope or ropes. 2. Forming sticky glutinous strings or threads, as some liquids. rop′i·ly adv....