slippery

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc

Evasive; difficult to pin down

{a} apt to make one slip, unstable

{s} causing or tending to cause slipping; smooth, tending to slip; tending to escape; unstable or delicate; shifty, cunning

Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals

disapproval You can describe someone as slippery if you think that they are dishonest in a clever way and cannot be trusted. He is a slippery customer, and should be carefully watched

Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise

being such as to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain" not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee; "they called Reagan the teflon president because mud never stuck to him

being such as to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

If someone is on a slippery slope, they are involved in a course of action that is difficult to stop and that will eventually lead to failure or trouble. The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer

Uncertain in effect

Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle

Something that is slippery is smooth, wet, or oily and is therefore difficult to walk on or to hold. The tiled floor was wet and slippery Motorists were warned to beware of slippery conditions

Liable to slip; not standing firm

Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery

not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee; "they called Reagan the teflon president because mud never stuck to him

Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away

slipper

The sidewalk is slippery. - The pavement is slippery.

The pavement is slippery. - The sidewalk is slippery.

An alcoholic cocktail made of a layer of Irish cream atop a layer of sambuca

Slippery Nipples

plural form of Slippery Nipple

slippery as an eel

So slippery that it is almost impossible to hold with one's hands

slippery as an eel

So crafty, or cunning that they cannot be caught by the police, although it is known that they are acting illegally

slippery jack

The common name for a mushroom in genus Suillus, family Boletaceae. Like all boletes, they have no gills, but release spores from tubes ending in open pores. Most have a slimy cap, hence the name

slippery jacks

plural form of slippery jack

slippery slope

A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious

I think basing your actions off an assumption like that is a slippery slope that is going to get you in trouble.

slippery slope

A logical argument that follows a chain of events or causes and effects to some conclusion

slippery slopes

plural form of slippery slope

slippery dick

small wrasse of tropical Atlantic

slippery elm

North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood

slippery elm

or red elm Large-leaved elm (Ulmus rubra or U. fulva) of eastern North America that has hard wood and fragrant inner bark. A gluelike substance in the inner bark has long been steeped in water as a remedy for throat ailments, powdered for use in poultices, and chewed as a thirst quencher, among other uses. It has received renewed attention in recent years as part of alternative medicine's herbal pharmacopoeia, prescribed for a wide variety of ailments

slippery slope

The assumption that just because one event occurs, it will automatically lead to a series of undesirable events even though there is no relationship between the action and the projected events

slippery slope

in interpretation, if you accept one tainted or false idea, that will lead to accepting other false beliefs One step off the true and narrow and your belief system will begin an "inevitable" slide See Propaganda

slippery slope

slick incline, slippery hill

slippery slope

A tricky precarious situation, especially one that leads gradually but inexorably to disaster: " a clear boundary to confer personhood on a human being... we approach a slippery slope that ends in the disposal of inconvenient people" (Steven Pinker)

slippery slope