slippery

/ˈsli-p(ə-)rē/

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adjective

  1. causing or tending to cause something to slide or fall

  2. tending to slip from the grasp

  3. not firmly fixed : unstable

slippery roads

a slippery fish

noun

  1. a large-leaved elm (Ulmus rubra synonym U. fulva) of eastern and central North America that has hard wood and fragrant mucilaginous inner bark; also : the, bark

noun

  1. a course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences