Complete Definition of "slippery"

English

Adjective
slippery (compar more slippery, superl most slippery)

  1. 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.

Derived terms
slippery customer
slippery slope
slippery as an eel

Related terms
slip

Synonyms
(of a surface): greasy, slick, slimy, slippy, wet

Antonyms
(of a surface): sticky

Translations
trans-top|of a surface
Czech: kluzký m
Dutch: glibberig; glad#Dutch|glad
French: glissant m, glissante f
German: rutschig
Italian: scivoloso m, scivolosa f
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Kurdish: KUchar|خ��سک
Russian: �кол�зкий (skólzkij)
Spanish: resbaladizo, escurridizo
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