slipperiness
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slip·per·y
(slĭp′ə-rē)adj. slip·per·i·er, slip·per·i·est
1. Causing or tending to cause sliding or slipping: a slippery sidewalk.
2. Tending to slip, as from one's grasp: a slippery bar of soap.
3. Not trustworthy; elusive or tricky: "How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is" (James Agee).
[Alteration of obsolete slipper, from Middle English, from Old English slipor; see lei- in Indo-European roots.]
slip′per·i·ness n.
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| Noun | 1. |  slipperiness - a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"smoothness - a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" |
| 2. |  slipperiness - the quality of being a slippery rascaldishonesty - the quality of being dishonest |
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Translations
مَكْر، مُراوَغَه
kluzkost
upålidelighed
csúszósság
hálka
klzkosť
güvenilmezlikkayganlık
slipperiness
n
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slip1
(slip) – past tense, past participle slipped – verb1. to slide accidentally and lose one's balance or footing. I slipped and fell on the path.
2. to slide, or drop, out of the right position or out of control. The plate slipped out of my grasp.
3. to drop in standard. I'm sorry about my mistake – I must be slipping!
4. to move quietly especially without being noticed. She slipped out of the room.
5. to escape from. The dog had slipped its lead and disappeared.
6. to put or pass (something) with a quick, light movement. She slipped the letter back in its envelope.
noun1. an act of slipping. Her sprained ankle was a result of a slip on the path.
2. a usually small mistake. Everyone makes the occasional slip.
3. a kind of undergarment worn under a dress; a petticoat.
4. (also ˈslipway) a sloping platform next to water used for building and launching ships.
ˈslipper noun a loose, soft kind of shoe for wearing indoors.
ˈslippery adjective1. so smooth as to cause slipping. The path is slippery – watch out!
2. not trustworthy. He's rather a slippery character.
ˈslipperiness nounslip road
a road for joining or leaving a motorway.
ˈslipshod adjective (of work etc) untidy; careless. The teacher told him his work was slipshod.
give (someone) the slip to escape from or avoid (someone) in a secretive manner. The crooks gave the policemen the slip.
let slip1. to miss (an opportunity etc). I let the chance slip, unfortunately.
2. to say (something) unintentionally. She let slip some remark about my daughter.
slip into to put on (clothes) quickly. She slipped into her nightdress.
slip off1. to take (clothes) off quickly. Slip off your shoe.
2. to move away noiselessly or hurriedly. We'll slip off when no-one's looking.
slip on to put on (clothes) quickly.
slip up to make a mistake; to fail to do something: They certainly slipped up badly over the new appointment (noun ˈslip-up) Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.