slippy

American  

[slip-ee] / ˈslɪp i /

adjective

slippier, slippiest

1. Informal. slippery.

2. Chiefly British. quick; alert; sharp.

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slippy British  

/ ˈslɪpɪ /

adjective

1. informal another word for slippery slippery

2. informal alert; quick

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Other Word Forms

• slippiness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of slippy

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

slippy slippier

That rating also means it’ll resist jets of water if you want to listen to tunes in the shower — it’s also “drop proof” if things get slippy.

From The Verge ● Aug. 17, 2022

The Nordmärke’s only downside is the slightly slippy top surface.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2018

In Downing Street there's been power spilt, and so people and policy are less grippy, more slippy.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2017

For snowy, slippy days, add a traction device like Yaktrax to your shoes.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2016

And what can folks do when it rains this way and the roads so slippy?

From Maw's Vacation The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone by Hough, Emerson

While many of us are treading carefully to avoid a slip in the frosty weather, scientists led by the University of Leicester have been investigating how to make surfaces even slippier!

From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024

I'm generally a a stickler for words and intentionality, so this all makes this inherently slippery slope even "slippier" when all of these arguments are posited.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2023

One contractor, Immunity Inc., founded by a former N.S.A. analyst, embarked on a slippier slope.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2021

The question of who owns a fossil gets slippier the further back one goes.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2019

It was just as the gyptian had said: the little craft was stiffer, more responsive, and very much slippier through the water than she’d ever felt before.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman