different between slappy vs slippy

English

Etymology

slap +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

slappy (comparative slappier, superlative slappiest)

1. Resembling a slap, especially of sound.
   • 1963, Delphin Rose Adsett, A magpie sings

     Katy thought about the damp yellow bodies which often landed, with a slappy sound in a burst of moisture and steam rose off them because they were parted from the warmth of their mothers.

   • 1998, Dan Gelo, Fiddle Tunes & Irish Music for Mandolin - Page 11

     Thin picks flex too much and make your wrist work overtime, plus they tend to produce a slappy tone. Those heavy picks popular with today's bluegrass mandolinists are really too stiff for playing the rapid triplets in some Irish tunes.

   • 2009, Elisabeth Hyde, In the Heart of the Canyon - Page 55

     Jill had Mark apply sunscreen to her back.

     "Bet these river guides get a lot of skin cancer", he said. He had a slappy, unpleasant way of doing it, and she struggled to keep her balance.

Noun

slappy (plural slappies)

1. (skateboarding) A grind on a curb without doing an ollie.

English

Etymology

From slip +? -y. Compare Old English slipi? (“slippy, slimy, viscid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sl?pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi

Adjective

slippy (comparative slippier, superlative slippiest)

1. (slightly informal) Slippery.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13

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

2. (dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5

     Well, come on then, let's look slippy.

Derived terms

• slippy map

Anagrams

• Lippys