different between slippy vs snippy
slippy
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)
- (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.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13
- (dialect, dated) Spry, nimble.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
- Well, come on then, let's look slippy.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
Derived terms
- slippy map
Anagrams
- Lippys
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snippy
English
Etymology
From snip +? -y. Compare Saterland Frisian snippich (“short, brief, blunt”), German schnippisch.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?pi
Adjective
snippy (comparative snippier, superlative snippiest)
- fragmentary; snipped.
- irritable; impatient; short-tempered.
- stingy.
Anagrams
- Nippys
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