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slip and slide

slip and slide is the alternative form of slip-and-slide.

Meaning of slip-and-slide

Noun

slip-and-slide (plural slip-and-slides)

  1. A toy consisting of a long sheet of thin plastic that can be connected to a hose to cover it in water through perforations along its length, producing a slippery surface for sliding on.
    • After placing the slip-and-slide down at the far end of the yard, I walked back to where Ray was and watched him work.2010, Michael Gilbert, Fifty-Nine Days, page 194

Forms of slip and slide

pluralslip and slides

Questions about slip and slide

What is slip and slide the alternative form of?
Slip and slide is the alternative form of slip-and-slide.

Words near slip and slide in the dictionary

  1. sliotar
  2. sliotars
  3. sliothar
  4. sliothars
  5. slip
  6. slip and slide
  7. slip and slides
  8. slip away
  9. slip back
  10. slip box
  11. slip boxes

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