As an adjective slippery
is of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
As a verb slipping is
present participle of lang=en.
As a noun slipping is
the act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
slippery English
Adjective
( er)
Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.
- Oily substances render things slippery .
(figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
- a slippery person
- a slippery promise
(obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
* 1602 , , III. iii. 84:
- Which when they fall, as being slippery' standers, / The love that leaned on them, as ' slippery too, / Do one pluck down another, and together / Die in the fall.
unstable; changeable; inconstant
* Denham
- The slippery state of kings.
(obsolete) wanton; unchaste; loose in morals
* 1610 , , I. ii. 273:
- My wife is slippery ? If thou wilt confess –
Derived terms
* slippery as an eel
* slippery elm
* slippery nipple
* slippery slope
Related terms
* slip
Synonyms
* (of a surface) greasy, slick, slimy, slippy, wet
Antonyms
* (of a surface) sticky
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slipping English
Verb
(head)
Noun
( en noun)
The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
- slippings and slidings
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