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slippy

/ˈslɪpi/

slippy adjective: slippery.

Adjective

slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)

  1. (Ireland, Pennsylvania, UK, Western, slightly informal, Ottawa Valley) Slippery.
    • It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
  2. (Ireland, UK, dated) Spry, nimble.
    • Well, come on then, let's look slippy.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

Forms of slippy

comparativeslippier
superlativeslippiest

Origin of slippy

From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).

Words formed from slippy

Phrases with slippy

Words that rhyme with slippy

10 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about slippy

What does slippy mean?
Slippy means slippery.
What part of speech is slippy?
Slippy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce slippy?
Slippy is pronounced /ˈslɪpi/.

Words near slippy in the dictionary

  1. slipping under
  2. slipping under the radar
  3. slipping up
  4. slippingly
  5. slippings
  6. slippy
  7. slippy map
  8. slippy maps
  9. slippy slope
  10. slippy slopes
  11. sliprail

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