Adjective, : ropy muscles. From Dictionary.com.
Cook until mixture forms thick, "ropy" threads that drip from the spoon. From Wordnik.com. [Sedalia Democrat : News] Reference
Note the "ropy" character of the half-frozen rock on the sides of the nearest rivulet of the lava. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography] Reference
The man's ropy intestines slithered out onto the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Crystal Rain] Reference
It was thick and ropy, unlike any spiderweb I'd ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [Changeling]
Beneath the patient's shirt, a ropy shape shifted position. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx's Folly]
Vines hung from the trees and the cliff face in a ropy tangle. From Wordnik.com. [Ilse Witch]
Japan's pasta includes buckwheat soba, ropy udon and slurpy ramen. From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Happy World Pasta Day -- Guess What's for Dinner?] Reference
The walkway beneath me became ropy with vines and crawling creepers. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Below the faceless heads were six thick, ropy arms, set in triplets. From Wordnik.com. [Trader To The Stars]
The expressed juice was not limpid, but thick, mucilaginous and ropy. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891] Reference
Grady folded his arms and his T-shirt edged up over slim, ropy biceps. From Wordnik.com. [html]
ARRY STUFFY KNEES sounds pooty ropy; he's one of their classickal pets. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 26, 1891] Reference
Clusters of ropy creepers dangled in a limp fringe along each main stem. From Wordnik.com. [Star Flight]
There are more of the ropy things in back — I'm not sure just how many. From Wordnik.com. [The Nitrogen Fix]
This water had probably been there for years, and was as ropy as molasses. From Wordnik.com. [American Prisoners of the Revolution] Reference
She sat, sleeves tucked up from her ropy arms, peeling potatoes as I read. From Wordnik.com. [In the Days of the Comet] Reference
Curly Whip is a must-have item if you've wiry, curly, ropy, or spiral hair. From Wordnik.com. [Felicia C. Sullivan: The Epic Ten: What You Should Covet in 2010] Reference
When unpacking the meat watch the brine to see that it is not ropy or moldy. From Wordnik.com. [Every Step in Canning] Reference
Sheffield University, May 9 terry: first half good - 2nd half a bit ropy. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall - victorious] Reference
The cord had stopped pulsing and was no longer ropy, but thinner and flatter. From Wordnik.com. [Standoff]
But in the days that I was in Dewara's care, I became ropy and tough as jerky. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Tim Bresnan has apparently bowled a decent second spell after a ropy first one. From Wordnik.com. [County cricket - live!] Reference
The mark itself was shallow and ropy, as if it had been made with something soft. From Wordnik.com. [The 5th Horseman]
The milk is good and nourishing, but of a ropy consistency and a peculiar flavour. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
His hair had gone gray and the hands that covered his face were ropy with tendons. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
They carved wealth out of our woods and water with ropy shoulders and shiny minds. From Wordnik.com. [Ross Hyzer: Sarah Palin to Alaska: And This Bird You Cannot Change] Reference
Tang glanced up and saw another ropy form dropping out of the gloomy boughs overhead. From Wordnik.com. [The Veiled Dragon]
The glossy ridges of his ropy skin stood out whitely like embroidery upon a dark quilt. From Wordnik.com. [Floating City]
Urza strode from the warm shoulder of stone, making his way past ropy lines of cooled magma. From Wordnik.com. [Time Streams]
I say, watching the ropy muscles in his forearms as he glides the girl up and down in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Freddy in the Future] Reference
It may be a form that causes the milk to become ropy and slimy or one that gives it a bad odor. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
Nothing but black lava'mostly solidified ropy pahoehoe, with a sprinkling of dangerously sharp a'a. From Wordnik.com. [The Chronicles of Riddick]
He was hacking at something ropy and writhing that squirmed on the ground as the lieutenant's blade bit into it. From Wordnik.com. [Despoilers of the Golden Empire] Reference
A bit above medium height, ropy necked and thick-shouldered he gave the impression of a male at ease, confident but wary. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
Expectoration continued the same, of tough, ropy mucus, small in quantity, and got up with difficulty from the air-passages. From Wordnik.com. [An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners] Reference
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