slippery.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a light loose comfortable indoor shoe.
2 a light slip-on shoe for dancing etc.

--v.

tr. beat or strike with a slipper.

slipper bath Brit. a bath shaped like a slipper, with a covered end.

slippered adj.

slippery.html - n.
calceolaria.

slippery.html - adj.
1 difficult to hold firmly because of smoothness, wetness, sliminess, or elusive motion.
2 (of a surface) difficult to stand on, causing slips by its smoothness or muddiness.
3 unreliable, unscrupulous, shifty.
4 (of a subject) requiring tactful handling.

slippery elm 1 the N. American red elm, Ulmus fulva.
2 the medicinal inner bark of this. slippery slope a course leading to disaster.

slipperily adv. slipperiness n. [prob. coined by Coverdale (1535) after Luther's schlipfferig, MHG slipferig f. slipfern, slipfen f. Gmc: partly f. slipper slippery (now dial.) f. OE slipor f. Gmc]

slippery.html - n.
1 the act or an instance of slipping.
2 a a decline, esp. in popularity or value. b failure to meet a deadline or fulfil a promise; delay.

slippery.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a light loose comfortable indoor shoe.
2 a light slip-on shoe for dancing etc.

--v.

tr. beat or strike with a slipper.

slipper bath Brit. a bath shaped like a slipper, with a covered end.

slippered adj.

slippery.html - n.
calceolaria.