warpy

Adjective

warpy (comparative more warpy, superlative most warpy)

1. Tending to be warped, bendsome.
   • There are large old clay-pits at Ballamona Mooar and Ballamona Beg which show from 2 to 5 feet of discoloured sandy wash with a little gravel and yellow sand, resting on thick warpy clay which is probably that of the middle portion of the drifts in the cliff-section; no stones were seen in this...1903, George William Lamplugh, William Whitehead Watts, The Geology of the Isle of Man, London: For His Majesty's Stationery Office by Wyman and Sons, Limited, Fetter Lane, E.C., page 438
   • At the risk of sounding like a real geezer, I confess that in my lifetime I have done the following: played lacrosse with a stick made of warpy wood and gnarled natural gut at a time when STX had introdocued a flawless plastic-head lax stick with synthetic webbing; played tennis with a warpy...1995, Ed Pitoniak, “The Hourglass is at Hand”, in Ski, number November, page 24