Definition of slippery Slippery

/slɪˈpɚi/ - [sliperee] - slip•per•y

We found 16 definitions of slippery from 5 different sources.

What does slippery mean?

Adjective slippery, slipperier, slipperiest
slippery - causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"
		slippy
		nonslippery not slippery; not likely to slip or skid
		smooth lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
		lubricious characterized by lust; "eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer"; "her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature"; "prurient literature"; "prurient thoughts"; "a salacious rooster of a little man"
		nonstick (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles; "a frying pan with a nonstick surface"
		slick made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"
		sliding being a smooth continuous motion
		slimed, slimy covered with or resembling slime; "a slimy substance covered the rocks"
		slipping, slithering moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice"
slippery - not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
		tricky
		untrustworthy, untrusty not worthy of trust or belief; "an untrustworthy person"

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slippery (Adjective)
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.
slippery (Adjective)
Evasive; difficult to pin down .
slippery (Adjective)
Liable to slip; not standing firm.
slippery (Adjective)
unstable; changeable; inconstant.
slippery (Adjective)
wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

slippery (a.)
Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery.
slippery (a.)
Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise.
slippery (a.)
Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away.
slippery (a.)
Liable to slip; not standing firm.
slippery (a.)
Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle.
slippery (a.)
Uncertain in effect.
slippery (a.)
Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.