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slip·py
(slĭp′ē)adj.
Slippery.
slip′pi·ly adv.
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slippy
(ˈslɪpɪ)adj, -pier or -piest
2. informal Brit alert; quick
ˈslippiness n
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slip•py
(ˈslɪp i)adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
Informal. slippery.
[1540–50]
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Adj. | 1. | 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" 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" |
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slippy
[ˈslɪpɪ] ADV (Brit) to be slippy; look slippy about it → darse prisa, menearselook 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
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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[ˈslɪpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → scivoloso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995