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slippy

slippy

1 8.2
Likely to make you slip on a wet or icy surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈslɪpi/
  • UK
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  • The floor was slippy after the spill, so I grabbed a towel to clean it up.

It's so thin and wet and slippy that it's getting in my mouth.

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Examples

  • SARA: Beverly, stay close to me in case it gets slippy, okay?

  • Still feel nice and slippy and moisturising.

  • I was... just letting up, it's a bit slippy here.

  • Oh, it's a bit slippy.

  • It's so thin and wet and slippy that it's getting in my mouth.

  • I don't know, I feel like it's too liquidy and too like slippy and it doesn't sit amazing on top of lipsticks.

  • They're hydrating, they're thin, they're slippy, they feel very lux feeling.

  • Be careful when walking on the ice; it's very slippy and you might fall.

  • He warned us that the path was slippy due to the rain, so we should tread carefully.

Synonyms

greasy
vsslippy
123 1.0

Covered in oil or fat and feels slippery

is the informal British word for causing slips regardless of oily cause
slippery
vsslippy
80 1.0

A surface that makes you slip or slide

is the informal British word for that same tendency to cause slipping
slick
vsslippy
56 3.9

Smooth and slippery in a way that makes walking dangerous

focuses on the informal British sense of causing slipping, not appearance
slithery
vsslippy
1 4.4

A surface or thing that is smooth and slippery and lets things slide easily

emphasizes causing slips rather than only describing smooth texture
lubricious
vsslippy
1 9.9

Having a smooth, slippery surface because of oil or water

refers informally to the tendency to cause slipping rather than oiliness

Antonyms

1 5.0

Having a surface that stops slipping and gives a good hold

A surface like a mat or tile that makes slipping less likely

How Slippery

icy
89 1.0
slippy
  • UK
1 8.2
slick
56 3.9

Surface Forms

slippy positive
slippier comparative
slippiest superlative

Morphology

slippy = slip (transparent) = slip + y

Formed from the verb/root 'slip' with the productive adjective-forming suffix '-y'; meaning 'tending to cause slipping' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Slippy is an informal British form made from slip 'to slide' plus the ending -y, so it means 'tending to slip' and is like the word slippery. That's why we call a wet floor or rock 'slippy' when it makes you slide.