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Slippy

adjective

Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide. Synonym: slippery. "A slippery bar of soap" , "The streets are still slippy from the rain"

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"Slippy" Quotes from Famous Books

... I think they'd find the open air refreshing. Not that I at all object to 'em. A very handsome animal is a toad,' said Mr Tapley, sitting down upon a stool; 'very spotted; very like a partickler style of old gentleman about the throat; very bright-eyed, very cool, and very slippy. But one sees 'em to the best advantage out of ...

— Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit • Charles Dickens

... a glass of cham, with a lump o' ice in for a cooler? They keep the stuff on draught 'ere, and not bad by 'arf for South Africa. 'Ere, you, Mister! Two chams for self and the young lydy, an' look slippy!" ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... for an answer, and you're to bring that answer back to me, too, and to Lord Marshmoreton. And I may tell you, to save you the trouble of opening it with steam from the kitchen kettle, that I 'ave already done so. It's an invitation to dine with us tonight. So now you know. Look slippy!" ...

— A Damsel in Distress • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Words linked to "Slippy" : nonstick, slippery, slithery, sliding, nonslippery, smooth, slick, slimy, slip, slithering, lubricious, slimed, slipping