The meaning of Slippery

adjective

Of or resembling glass.

Usage examples:

Glassy skyscrapers

noun

A glass marble.

Usage examples:

Years ago, kids used the alleys to play ‘glassies.’

adjective

Smooth and shiny like glass

Usage examples:

The glassy surface of the water, when he arrived at the hospital, his eyes were glassy and he didn’…

adjective

Covered with, resembling, or produced by grease or oil.

Usage examples:

He wiped his greasy fingers

adjective

Covered with or full of grease

Usage examples:

These french fries are too greasy.

adjective

Covered with or consisting of ice.

Usage examples:

There were icy patches on the roads

adjective

Offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire.

Usage examples:

He probed the ladies for every lubricious detail of their interactions

adjective

Having or showing too great an interest in sex, especially in an unpleasant way

adjective

Containing oil.

Usage examples:

Taramasalata and hummus are both oily and rich

adjective

Performing or likely to cause a skid (= a sliding movement that cannot be controlled)

Usage examples:

I hit a skiddy patch on the road and then i just lost control of the car., the skiddy surface will …

adjective

Done or operating in an impressively smooth and efficient way.

Usage examples:

Rangers have been entertaining crowds with a slick passing game

noun

An oil slick.

Usage examples:

The slick is a serious threat to marine life

verb

Make (one's hair) flat, smooth, and glossy by applying water, oil, or gel to it.

Usage examples:

His damp hair was slicked back

adjective

Covered by or resembling slime.

Usage examples:

Thick, slimy mud

adjective

Slippery.

Usage examples:

The towpath was slippy with mud

adjective

A slippy surface causes you to slip easily because it is wet or smooth

Usage examples:

Careful - i've just polished the floor and it's a bit slippy.

adjective

If something is slithery, it is wet or smooth so that it moves easily and quickly across a surface while twisting or curving, or causes something to slide in this way

Usage examples:

We now had to get back down the slithery path in the cold and dark., she felt something slithery ag…

adjective

Having an even and regular surface; free from perceptible projections, lumps, or indentations.

Usage examples:

Smooth flat rocks

verb

Give (something) a flat, regular surface or appearance.

Usage examples:

She smoothed out the newspaper

adverb

In a way that is without difficulties.

Usage examples:

The course of true love never did run smooth

adjective

Covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

Usage examples:

She followed, slipping on the wet rock

verb

Cover or touch with liquid; moisten.

Usage examples:

He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages

noun

Liquid that makes something damp.

Usage examples:

I could feel the wet of his tears