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- IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊpi/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊpi
Etymology 1
From Middle English ropy, from Middle English rop + -y, equivalent to rope + -y.
Adjective
ropy (comparative ropier or more ropy, superlative ropiest or most ropy)
- Resembling rope in appearance or texture, used especially of muscles that are thick or hard to the touch.
- Myofascial Syndrome
- Hence, myofascial pain is usually associated with a taut band, indicating a "ropey" thickening of muscle tissue.
- Myofascial Syndrome
- Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
- Of milk or another liquid: slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.
- Synonym: bingy (slang)
- 1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 68:
- The Hoary Froſts, and Northern Blaſts take care / Thy muddy Bev'rage to ſerene, and drive / Præcipitant the baſer, ropy Lees.
Translations
resembling rope
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Etymology 2
From Scots roupy (“husky; hoarse”), from Scots roup (“hoarseness, huskiness, any inflamed condition of the throat”).
Adjective
ropy (comparative ropier or more ropy, superlative ropiest or most ropy)
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) Of poor quality; in poor health.
- Synonyms: inferior, second-rate, shabby, unwell
- 1845, Thomas Hood, The Captain’s Cow:
- The very poultry in the coop / Began to pine away and droop— / The cock was first to go; / And glad we were on all our parts, / He used to damp our very hearts / With such a ropy crow.
- 2012 September 8, “Emigration: On The Road”, in The Economist:
- Although Britain’s migration figures are ropey, other data point in the same direction.
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Translations
of poor quality; in poor health
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Czech
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Noun
ropy
- inflection of ropa:
Polish
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Noun
ropy f
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