Meanings
adjectiveslippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)
comparative slippier · superlative slippiest
- IrelandPennsylvaniaUKWesternslightly informal; Ottawa Valley; slightly informal; Ottawa ValleySlippery.
It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC - IrelandUKdatedSpry, nimble.
Well, come on then, let's look slippy.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecausing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From slip + -y. Compare Old English slipiġ (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with slippy
MississippihippyskippyzippytrippysippychippyyippienippysnippydippydrippyflippylippyrippypippywhippyshippyclippiestrippyZippie
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
slippy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slippy
MLA
“slippy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slippy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slippy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slippy.
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