slippy

«slippy» in Mova's school dictionary: Slippery; smooth or wet so that you slide or fall easily — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (slippy, slippier, slippiest)

meaning for a pupil

(informal, UK, Ireland, Australia) Slippery; smooth or wet so that you slide or fall easily. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety, «Careful, it's slippy!» warns about icy paths or wet floors. Phrases: slippy floor, slippy road.

examples

• Careful, the floor is slippy! tree →
• The path is slippy with ice. tree →
• Wet leaves make the road slippy. tree →
• The soap is so slippy I keep dropping it. tree →
• My shoes are slippy on the gym floor. tree →
• It was the slippiest day of winter. tree →

note

Informal; in writing use slippery. Comparative: slippier, slippiest.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slippy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.