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sloppy

English

Etymology

slop +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sl?pi/
  • Rhymes: -?pi

Adjective

sloppy (comparative sloppier, superlative sloppiest)

  1. Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
    The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
  2. Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
    The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
  3. Imprecise or loose.
    A sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit!

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:careless

Derived terms

  • sloppiness
  • sloppily
  • sloppy drunk
  • sloppy joe
  • sloppy seconds

Translations

Further reading

  • sloppy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • sloppy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • polyps

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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)

  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

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