slip

IPA: sɫˈɪp

noun

  • An act or instance of slipping.
  • 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.
  • A slipdress.
  • A mistake or error.
  • (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
  • (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
  • (nautical) A slipway.
  • (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
  • (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.)
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
  • (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.
  • (dated) A child's pinafore.
  • An outside covering or case.
  • (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
  • Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  • A particular quantity of yarn.
  • (UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
  • Either side of the gallery in a theater.
  • (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
  • (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
  • (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.
  • (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
  • (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
  • A fish, the sole.
  • A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  • (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
  • A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
  • A long, thin piece of something.
  • A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
  • (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.
  • (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
  • (obsolete) Mud, slime.
  • (aviation) Clipping of sideslip. [(aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.]

verb

  • (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
  • (intransitive) To err.
  • (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
  • (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
  • (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
  • (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  • (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
  • (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
  • (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
  • (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.
  • (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
  • (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
  • (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
  • To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
  • (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
  • (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.]
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Examples of "slip" in Sentences

  • He tried to recall the word infection, chided himself for letting so crucial a term slip from his memory.
  • Mom muttered, “Watch your language, Poppy,” her programmed response any time I let a curse word slip out in her presence.

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