different between ropy vs roopy

English

Alternative forms

• ropey

Etymology

From Middle English ropy, from rope + -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????pi/
• Rhymes: -??pi

Adjective

ropy (comparative ropier or more ropy, superlative ropiest or most ropy)

1. 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.

2. Capable of forming rope-like or thread-like structures.
3. (Britain, 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, The Economist, Sept. 8th, "Emigration: On The Road"

     Although Britain’s migration figures are ropey, other data point in the same direction.

4. (of milk or another liquid) Slimy, as after the action of Enterobacter aerogenes in syrup.

Related terms

• rope

Translations

Anagrams

• opry, pory, pyro, pyro-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rop?/

Noun

ropy

1. inflection of ropa:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.p?/

Noun

ropy f

1. genitive singular of ropa

English

Alternative forms

• roupy (Scotland)

Etymology

From roop (“a shout”) +? -y.

Adjective

roopy (comparative roopier or more roopy, superlative roopiest or most roopy)

1. Hoarse.
   • 1863, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield:

     But he said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse — a little roopy was his exact expression — and it should be, every drop, devoted to the purpose he had mentioned.

   • 1934, P G Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves:

     It wasn't in its essentials a musical voice, being on the thick side and a shade roopy. If I'd been its owner, I'd have given more than a little thought to the subject of tonsils.

Related terms

• roop