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Adjective: ropey  row-pee
  1. Of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong
    - ropy
     
  2. Forming viscous or glutinous threads
    - ropy, stringy, thready
     
  3. [Brit] (informal) very poor in quality
    "ropey food"; "a ropey performance"
    - ropy [Brit], shonky [Austral, NZ]

See also: inferior, rope, thick

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