slippy

slip·py (sl

)

adj.

Slippery.

slippi·ly adv.

slippy [ˈslɪpɪ]

adj -pier, -piest

1. Informal or dialect another word for slippery [1] [2]

2. Brit informal alert; quick

slippiness n

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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

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

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)

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

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In doing which she lost her temper, or mislaid it for an instant; for, the water being uncomfortably cold, and in that slippy, slushy, sleety sort of state wherein it seems to penetrate through every kind of substance, patten rings included-- had laid hold of Mrs.

The Cricket on the Hearth by Dickens, Charles View in context

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