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Sippy vs Slippy - What's the difference?

sippy | slippy |

As a noun sippy

is a little sip; less than a cup of some particular drink.

As an adjective slippy is

slippery.

sippy

English

Noun

(sippies)
  • A little sip; less than a cup of some particular drink
  • *{{quote-book, 1999, , Power Plays: Three One-Act Plays citation
    • , passage=Would you like a little water, Sue? SUE. Well, perhaps a sippy . (SUE squirts some water into a paper cup.)}}
  • *{{quote-book, 2002, David McKnight, From Hunting to Drinking, page=108, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=26vDIDK_GuIC&pg=PA108, isbn=0415271517
    • , passage=By going to the canteen as soon as it opened some people hoped to cadge money, or one or more cans, or at least a 'sippy '. }}

    Related terms

    *sippy cup

    slippy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Slippery.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.
  • (dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
  • *1913 ,
  • *:Well, come on then, let's look slippy .