slape

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English

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Etymology

Old Norse sleipr (“slippery”); akin to English slip.

Adjective

slape (comparative more slape, superlative most slape)

  1. (UK, dialect) slippery; smooth
  2. (UK, dialect) crafty; hypocritical

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “slape”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

slape

  1. plural of slaap

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

slape

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of slapen

Middle English

Noun

slape (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of slepe
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