Slippy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/slˈɪpi/

🇬🇧British English

/slˈɪpi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/slˈɪpi/

2 syllables Say it as /slˈɪpi/.

Examples

slippery sidewalks
a slippery bar of soap
the streets are still slippy from the rain

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

slippery

Antonyms

nonslippery

Parts of Speech

adjective

causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide

“slippery sidewalks”

Word Forms

slipperiness	noun	a slippery smoothness
slip	noun	a slippery smoothness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

rutschig

Dinge verursachen oder dazu neigen, zu verrutschen oder zu rutschen

🇫🇷French

glissant

faire glisser ou tendre à faire glisser des choses

🇪🇸Spanish

de prisa

causar o tender a causar que las cosas se resbalen o se deslicen

🇮🇹Italian

scivoloso

causando o tendendo a far scivolare o scivolare le cose

🇳🇱Dutch

glad

ervoor zorgen of de neiging hebben om dingen te laten glijden of glijden

🇵🇹Portuguese

escorregadio

causando ou tendendo a fazer com que as coisas escorreguem ou deslizem

🇷🇺Russian

скользкий

вызывание или склонность к тому, чтобы вещи скользили или скользили

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तेज़

चीज़ों को फिसलने या खिसकाने का कारण या प्रवृत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

পিচ্ছিল

জিনিস স্লিপ বা স্লাইড করার কারণ বা প্রবণতা

🇮🇳Tamil

வழுக்கும்

விஷயங்களை நழுவ அல்லது சறுக்குவதற்கு காரணமாகிறது அல்லது தூண்டுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

జారే

విషయాలు జారిపోవడానికి లేదా జారిపోవడానికి కారణం లేదా మొగ్గు చూపడం

🇮🇳Marathi

निसरडा

वस्तू घसरणे किंवा सरकणे यासाठी कारणीभूत किंवा प्रवृत्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

લપસણો

વસ્તુઓ લપસવા અથવા સરકવા માટેનું કારણ અથવા વલણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜಾರುವ

ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಸ್ಲಿಪ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ಲೈಡ್ ಮಾಡಲು ಕಾರಣವಾಗುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಒಲವು ತೋರುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഴുവഴുപ്പുള്ള

കാര്യങ്ങൾ വഴുതിപ്പോകുന്നതിനോ തെന്നിമാറുന്നതിനോ കാരണമാകുന്നു അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രവണത കാണിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਤਿਲਕਣ

ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਿਸਕਣ ਜਾਂ ਸਲਾਈਡ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਝੁਕਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

پھسلنا

چیزوں کو پھسلنے یا پھسلنے کا سبب بننا یا اس کا رجحان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

滑溜的

导致或倾向于导致物体滑倒或滑动

🇯🇵Japanese

滑りやすい

物が滑ったり滑ったりする原因となる、または引き起こす傾向がある

🇰🇷Korean

미끄러운

물건이 미끄러지거나 미끄러지는 원인이 되거나 발생하려는 경향이 있음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trơn trượt

gây ra hoặc có xu hướng làm cho mọi thứ bị trượt hoặc trượt

🇹🇭Thai

ลื่น

ก่อให้เกิดหรือมีแนวโน้มทำให้สิ่งของลื่นหรือเลื่อน

🇮🇩Indonesian

licin

menyebabkan atau cenderung menyebabkan sesuatu tergelincir atau tergelincir

🇵🇭Filipino

madulas

nagiging sanhi o may posibilidad na maging sanhi ng mga bagay na madulas o dumudulas

🇲🇾Malay

licin

menyebabkan atau cenderung menyebabkan sesuatu tergelincir atau tergelincir

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

زلق

التسبب أو الميل إلى التسبب في انزلاق الأشياء أو انزلاقها

🇮🇷Persian

لغزنده

باعث لغزش یا سر خوردن چیزها یا تمایل به آنها می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

kaygan

şeylerin kaymasına veya kaymasına neden olan veya buna eğilimli olan

🇮🇱Hebrew

חלקלק

גורם או נוטה לגרום לדברים להחליק או להחליק

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