slippy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈslɪpi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪpi

Adjective

slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)

1. (slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ireland, Ottawa Valley) Slippery.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.

2. (UK, Ireland, dated) Spry, nimble.
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     Well, come on then, let's look slippy.

Derived terms

• slippily
• slippiness
• slippy map

Anagrams

• Lippys