Definitions from Wiktionary (slip)
▸ verb: (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To err.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
▸ verb: (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
▸ verb: (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
▸ verb: (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
▸ verb: To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
▸ verb: (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
▸ noun: An act or instance of slipping.
▸ noun: A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
▸ noun: A slipdress.
▸ noun: A mistake or error.
▸ noun: (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
▸ noun: (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
▸ noun: (nautical) A slipway.
▸ noun: (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
▸ noun: (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
▸ noun: A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
▸ noun: A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
▸ noun: An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
▸ noun: (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
▸ noun: (dated) A child's pinafore.
▸ noun: An outside covering or case.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
▸ noun: Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
▸ noun: A particular quantity of yarn.
▸ noun: (UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
▸ noun: Either side of the gallery in a theater.
▸ noun: (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
▸ noun: (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
▸ noun: (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
▸ noun: (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
▸ noun: (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
▸ noun: A fish, the sole.
▸ noun: (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
▸ noun: A twig or shoot; a cutting.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
▸ noun: A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
▸ noun: A long, thin piece of something.
▸ noun: A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
▸ noun: (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
▸ noun: (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Mud, slime.
▸ verb: (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).. [(aviation) To perform, or place an aircraft in, a sideslip.]
▸ noun: (aviation) Clipping of sideslip. [(aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.]
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▸ verb: (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To err.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
▸ verb: (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
▸ verb: (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
▸ verb: (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
▸ verb: (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
▸ verb: (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
▸ verb: (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
▸ verb: To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
▸ verb: (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
▸ noun: An act or instance of slipping.
▸ noun: A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
▸ noun: A slipdress.
▸ noun: A mistake or error.
▸ noun: (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
▸ noun: (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
▸ noun: (nautical) A slipway.
▸ noun: (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
▸ noun: (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
▸ noun: A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
▸ noun: A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
▸ noun: An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
▸ noun: (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
▸ noun: (dated) A child's pinafore.
▸ noun: An outside covering or case.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
▸ noun: Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
▸ noun: A particular quantity of yarn.
▸ noun: (UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
▸ noun: Either side of the gallery in a theater.
▸ noun: (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
▸ noun: (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
▸ noun: (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
▸ noun: (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
▸ noun: (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
▸ noun: A fish, the sole.
▸ noun: (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
▸ noun: A twig or shoot; a cutting.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
▸ noun: A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
▸ noun: A long, thin piece of something.
▸ noun: A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
▸ noun: (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
▸ noun: (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Mud, slime.
▸ verb: (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).. [(aviation) To perform, or place an aircraft in, a sideslip.]
▸ noun: (aviation) Clipping of sideslip. [(aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.]
▸ Also see slip
▸ Words similar to sliping
▸ Usage examples for sliping
▸ Idioms related to sliping
▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing sliping
▸ Words that often appear near sliping
▸ Rhymes of sliping
▸ Invented words related to sliping