Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ropy \Rop"y\, a.
   capable of being drawn into a thread, as a glutinous
   substance; stringy; viscous; tenacious; glutinous; as ropy
   sirup; ropy lees.

Source : WordNet®

ropy
     adj 1: forming viscous or glutinous threads [syn: {ropey}, {stringy},
             {thready}]
     2: (British informal) very poor in quality; "ropey food"; "a
        ropey performance" [syn: {ropey}]
     [also: {ropiest}, {ropier}]