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Keywords: stringy, glutinous, viscous, sirup, tenacious

capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy sirup; ropy lees.

An adjective describing wine that has developed oily threads due to bacterial or fungal contamination.

forming viscous or glutinous threads

Keywords: ropey, british, poor, food, quality

(British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a ropey performance"