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slipý n. 1 piece, scrap, strip, sliver; paper, note, chit, permit,
permission, pass, document: I'll put my phone number on this
slip of paper. To go on the outing, each child will have to
bring in a slip signed by a parent. 2 shoot, scion, cutting,
sprig, twig, sprout, runner, offshoot: After the slip is
inserted, the branch must be bandaged up firmly.
slippery adj. 1 slick, sleek, slimy, icy, glassy, smooth, greasy, oily,
lubricated, Colloq skiddy: Be careful! Those stairs can be
slippery when they're wet. 2 evasive, devious, shifty,
unreliable, undependable, questionable, untrustworthy,
dishonest, treacherous, disloyal, perfidious, slick, crafty,
sly, foxy, cunning, tricky, sneaky, false, reptilian, faithless,
Colloq shady: I have dealt with some very slippery characters
over the years, but this one is downright evil.
slipshod adj. careless, slovenly, slapdash, haphazard, messy, untidy,
disorganized, lax, unorganized, Colloq sloppy: We refused to
pay the bill because of the slipshod way they did the repairs.
slit v. 1 split, cut, slash, gash, knife, slice: The bark of the
log is first slit OBopen, then carefully peeled back.
--n. 2 split, cut, gash, incision, fissure, groove, slash,
cleft, aperture, opening: Off-stage, the rest of the actors
were watching the audience through a slit in the curtain.
slither v. slide, worm, snake, slip, slink, glide, skitter, creep,
crawl: After regarding me for a moment, the cobra turned and
slithered away.
sliver n. fragment, piece, shard, shred, splinter, slip, shaving,
paring, flake, chip, bit, scrap, snippet, snip: Two weeks
later, we were still finding tiny slivers of glass from the
broken vase.
slob n. oaf, boor, pig, lout, churl, yahoo, Slang Brit yob, yobbo,
Chiefly US galoot or galloot, Slobbovian: He was a complete
slob - he never tidied his room, and hardly ever washed.
slogan n. war cry, battle-cry, rallying cry, catchword, watchword;
motto: The magazine's slogan was 'If you love words, you'll