"slippy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈslɪpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-slippy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: slippier [comparative], slippiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪpi Etymology: From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|slip|-y}} slip + -y, {{cog|ang|slipiġ|t=slippy, slimy, viscid}} Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)
  1. (slightly informal, Western Pennsylvania, UK, Ottawa Valley) Slippery. Tags: Pennsylvania, UK, Western
    Sense id: en-slippy-en-adj-ir5E7mVH Categories (other): British English, Western Pennsylvania English
  2. (UK, dated) Spry, nimble. Tags: UK, dated
    Sense id: en-slippy-en-adj-IP6N0sY~ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: slippily, slippiness, slippy map

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for slippy meaning in English (2.0kB)

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