The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slip \Slip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slipping.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. sl[=i]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl[=i]fan to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel. sl[=i]pa to whet; cf. also AS. sl?pan, Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen, schl?pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat different root form. Cf. Slope, n.]
To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
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To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
Thus one tradesman slips away, To give his partner fairer play.
--Prior.Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
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To err; to fall into error or fault.
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
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To let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape.
Cry, ``Havoc,'' and let slip the dogs of war.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion. vb. (present participle of slip English)
WordNet
n. a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie]
a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn: slip-up, miscue, parapraxis]
potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting [syn: cutting]
a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: mooring, moorage, berth]
an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills" [syn: trip]
a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller" [syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness]
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn: strip]
a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" [syn: slip of paper]
a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: chemise, shimmy, shift, teddies, teddy]
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: case, pillowcase, pillow slip]
a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air [syn: sideslip]
the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn: elusion, eluding]
adj. moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice" [syn: slithering]
v. move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" [syn: steal]
insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: skid, slue, slew, slide]
get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: drop off, drop away, fall away]
move smoothly and easily
pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking" [syn: sneak]
pass out of one's memory [syn: slip one's mind]
move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [syn: dislocate, luxate, splay]
See slip
Wikipedia
Slipping is a technique used in boxing that is similar to bobbing. It is considered one of the four basic defensive strategies, along with blocking, holding, and clinching. It is performed by moving the head to either side so that the opponent's punches "slip" by the boxer.
Image:slip1.jpg| Slipping outside Image:uppercut5.jpg|Slipping inside
Usage examples of "slipping".
Every day the outcasts were in the streets, women with junk carts, a man dragging a mattress, ordinary drunks slipping in from the dock areas, from construction craters near the Hudson, people without shoes, amputees and freaks, men splitting off from groups sleeping in fish crates under the highway and limping down past the slips and lanes, the helicopter pad, onto Broad Street, living rags.
Within the first few moments of sitting in meditation you may discover yourself slipping away from present-moment attentiveness into your customary round of thoughts, memories, and concerns.
Stealing the beastie inevitably meant there was Ellie to consider, and Liam felt his good spirits slipping.
She hesitated briefly, her beguiled gaze drawn down the lane to where she felt something even more important was silently slipping away.
The Vor lord was sick again, and his male victim started climbing up after him, slipping on the beslimed stonework and promising violent retribution.
Sure, such a horse for slipping from under one was never bestridden by man.
Considered in the light of my Council vows, which make it impossible for me to return the favor by slipping Blore Spenson a love-philter to make him jilt my sister in favor of your daughter, your generosity borders on true kindliness.
A moment later he was back on dry land, brushing the water from his body and slipping back into his clothes.
Only after she had circumvented the buildings and was assured that no one was observing her did she hurry her pace, slipping back into I 212Peter Tremayne the abbey building and moving to the entrance to the hypogeum, the vaults that ran beneath the abbey building.
True, they had offered a thousand-guinea reward to any person who should hand over, or cause to be handed over, this notorious malefactor, alive or dead, but although this sounded a large sum in proclamation, it was nothing when compared to the many thousands which were slipping through the fingers of the Revenue.
He was Macheath again, slipping through the mob with his song bubbling mantric down in his throat.
Torn by a deluge of bullets, Marle struck the street, his gun slipping from his stilled hand.
We saw Marler slipping out on his own and decided to see what he was up to.
Stepping over the snoozing thief, I charged toward the door, slipping the microdrive into the inner pocket on my jacket and stopped right before Eddie.
She g felt herself slipping back into the old habit of indifference, and thinking pleasantly about Milt there in the closet.