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slippy

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Editorial note

The iPhone 5s is a thin slippy bugger and a bumper stops that.

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Quick take

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"

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for slippy.

adjective

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"

See also: slippery

Example sentences

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The iPhone 5s is a thin slippy bugger and a bumper stops that.

2

Yeah, they pay a lot and have slippy slides and colorful bikes.

3

How is the EME slope any more slippy than it is right now with Flash or Silverlight?

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I think this is the slippy slope of intellectual property.

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I'm very impressed with my new iPhone 5C but it has a major flaw... the plastic back is slippy as hell!

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Yeah, god, I long for the days before Google Maps, too. Who needs that slick slippy interface when you can endlessly click arrows at the corner of a static image?

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It also exists in all online slippy maps I've used from the latest OpenLayers to the latest Google Maps.

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D3 is a big part of it, but equally notable is that there's no conventional slippy map library like OpenLayers or Leaflet.

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It's not a technical rights protection measure, it's a standard bandwidth minimization measure used by sites like Gigapan and all slippy maps.

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Additionally it would be better if it had a more traditional slippy maps interface, was less "artsy," and like another poster on here had some labels.

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Also kind of sad, though; the 'slippy map' heralded a new age of map openness, interoperability, and opportunities for remixing.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use slippy in a sentence?

The iPhone 5s is a thin slippy bugger and a bumper stops that.

What does slippy mean?

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"

What part of speech is slippy?

slippy is commonly used as adjective.