slippy

[ slip-ee ]

adjective

, slip·pi·er, slip·pi·est.

1. Informal. slippery.
2. Chiefly British. quick; alert; sharp.

slippy

/ ˈslɪpɪ /

adjective

1. informal.
   another word for slippery slippery
2. informal.
   alert; quick

Derived Forms

• ˈslippiness, noun

Other Words From

• slippi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slippy¹

First recorded in 1540–50; slip ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

After all, “Alexandra mentioned her slippy rubber-soled boots a lot in her writing, too.”

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Then, again enjoining her to "look slippy," she left the room.

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And he concluded by fixing the steward with a ferocious scowl and the familiar spur to action, “Look slippy naow!”

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Plenty hungry and thirsty, Mass Jim, an if havvy food to eat, den de time slippy along velly quickly.

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There's a hantle o' rough slippy bits o' life afore ye, my bonnie bairn, I'm thinkin'.

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But the Rajah only laughed in that nasty, slippy way he has and took her cigarette away and smoked it himself.

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