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SLIPPY (slippier, slippiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: slippier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, slippiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does slippy mean? 

SLIPPY (adjective)
  The adjective SLIPPY has 1 sense:

1. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slideplay

  Familiarity information: SLIPPY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLIPPY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

Synonyms:

slippery; slippy

Context example:

the streets are still slippy from the rain

Similar:

lubricious (having a smooth or slippery quality)

nonstick ((of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles)

slick (made slick by e.g. ice or grease)

sliding (being a smooth continuous motion)

slimed; slimy (covered with or resembling slime)

slipping; slithering (moving as on a slippery surface)

slithery (having a slippery surface or quality)

Also:

smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)

Derivation:

slip (an unexpected slide)

slip (a slippery smoothness)


 Context examples 


My gog, but it'll be a quare scowderment at the Day of Judgment when they come tumblin' up in their death-sarks, all jouped together an' tryin' to drag their tombsteans with them to prove how good they was; some of them trimmlin' and ditherin', with their hands that dozzened an' slippy from lyin' in the sea that they can't even keep their grup o' them.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)



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