slip·py

(slĭp′ē)

adj.

Slippery.

slip′pi·ly adv.

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slippy

(ˈslɪpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

1. informal or dialect another word for slippery¹, slippery²

2. informal Brit alert; quick

ˈslippiness n

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slip•py

(ˈslɪp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.

Informal. slippery.

[1540–50]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

slippy - causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

slippery

smooth - having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror"

Translations

agile sdrucciolevole veloce

slippy

[ˈslɪpɪ] ADV (Brit) to be slippy; look slippy about it → darse prisa, menearse
look slippy! → ¡menearse!
we shall have to look slippy → tendremos que darnos prisa

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slippy

adj (inf)

(= slippery) → glatt

(esp Brit) to look slippy → einen Zahn zulegen (inf) → (about sth bei etw); … and look slippy (about it)! → … und zwar flott or ein bisschen dalli! (inf)

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slippy

[ˈslɪpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → scivoloso/a

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