ropy

Plural: ropies

Adjective

• Resembling a rope; stringy, viscous, or drawn out.
• of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong

Adjective Satellite

• forming viscous or glutinous threads
• (British informal) very poor in quality

Adj

• Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
• Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
• Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.
• Of poor quality; in poor health.

Examples

• His ROPY play snaked through the board, hitting several bonus squares.

Synonyms

ropey, stringy, thready, bingy, inferior, second-rate, shabby, unwell

Related Words

rope

Anagrams of ropy