slippy

[ slip-ee ]

/ ˈslɪp i /

Informal. slippery.

Chiefly British. quick; alert; sharp.

Origin of slippy

First recorded in 1540–50; slip¹ + -y¹

slip·pi·ness, noun

Slippy McGee had been the greatest cracksman in all America.

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man |Marie Conway Oemler
Brash had been crook or cop who had taught or caught Slippy McGee!

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man |Marie Conway Oemler
As clouds began to spread out from the southwest he galloped into Slippy Bend.

The Trail of Conflict |Emilie Baker Loring
And what can folks do when it rains this way and the roads so slippy?

Maw's Vacation |Emerson Hough

It was darker now and there were stones and bits of wood on the strand and slippy seaweed.

Ulysses |James Joyce

slippy

/ (ˈslɪpɪ) /

informal, or dialect another word for slippery (def. 1), slippery (def. 2)

British informal alert; quick

slippiness, noun