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Definition of Ropey
1. Adjective. Of or resembling rope (or ropes) in being long and strong.
2. Adjective. Forming viscous or glutinous threads.
3. Adjective. (British informal) very poor in quality. "A ropey performance"
Language type: Colloquialism
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Similar to: Inferior
Definition of Ropey
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of ropy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ropey
1. ropy [adj ROPIER, ROPIEST] - See also: ropy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ropey
Literary usage of Ropey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville (1847)
"In a dark day ropey wound up his affairs and embarked. ... ropey went to the sign
of the Pipe and Tankard ; got fuddled ; and over his fifth pot meditated ..."
2. Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, During a Four Months' Residence in a by Herman Melville (1850)
"ropey went to the sign of the Pipe and Tankard; got fuddled; and over his fifth
pot meditated suicide —an intention carried out; for the next day he shipped ..."
3. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville (1892)
"I say now, ropey, s'posing you were back to Holborn this morning, what would you
have ... I always made a point of befriending poor ropey when I could; and, ..."
4. Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville (1892)
"I say now, ropey, s'posing you were back to Holborn this morning, what would you
... I always made a point of befriending poor ropey when I could ; and, ..."
5. War Time Control of Industry: The Experience of England by Howard Levi Gray (1918)
"The digestibility of bread in which considerable maize is used had been investigated
before the order was issued, and the tendency of bread to become ropey ..."
6. Landscapes of Tenerife: A Countryside Guide by Noel Rochford (2004)
"Another cave lies behind this '' Right: a flow of easily-recognised ropey lava
leads to one of the smaller caves; far right: the Roques de García, ..."
7. Vincent d'Indy, sa vie et son �uvre by Milton Joseph Rosenau, Louis Borgex (1913)
"From a health standpoint ropey milk is not injurious unless it is slimy as a ...
The bacteria which produce ropey milk are widely distributed in nature. ..."
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