slip¹ /slip/

1. To move quietly, easily, unobtrusively or stealthily
2. To glide
3. To escape
4. To get out of position accidentally
5. (of animals, esp horses) to give birth prematurely
6. To slide, fall, etc, esp accidentally
7. To lose one's former skill, grip, or control of the situation (informal)
8. To lose one's footing
9. To make a slight mistake inadvertently rather than from ignorance
10. To lapse morally
11. (of a motor clutch) to fail to engage correctly

1. To cause or allow to slide or fall
2. To put with a sliding motion
3. To convey quietly or secretly
4. To let pass
5. To let slip
6. To cast
7. To disengage, let loose
8. To escape from or elude
9. (of animals, esp horses) to give birth to prematurely
10. To dislocate (a spinal disc)

1. An act of slipping
2. An inadvertent mistake
3. A slight error or transgression
4. A lapse, esp in morals or principles
5. An escape
6. An incline, sloping down to the water
7. A slight dislocation
8. A landslide
9. A pillow case
10. A garment easily slipped into, esp one worn under a dress, a full-length version of a petticoat
11. A leash
12. The difference between the pitch of a propeller and the distance actually travelled
13. Any of several fielders (eg first slip, second slip, etc) positioned in a row next to the wicketkeeper on the offside (cricket)
14. (often in pl) their position
15. The runner of a sledge
16. (in pl) the place at the side of the stage for slipping scenery from
17. The side of a theatre gallery

slippˈage noun

1. (the extent of) failure to reach a set target
2. The act, an instance or the amount of slipping

slippˈer adjective (archaic)

Slippery

slippˈerily adverb

slippˈeriness or slippˈiness noun

slippˈery or slippˈy adjective

1. So smooth, wet or slimy as to allow or cause slipping
2. Elusive
3. Evasive
4. Untrustworthy
5. Apt to slip
6. Unstable
7. Uncertain, unpredictable

slip angle noun

In vehicles, the attitude angle

slipˈ-board noun

A board sliding in grooves

slipˈ-carriage or slip-coach noun

A railway carriage that can be left behind without stopping the train

slipˈcase noun

A box-like case for a book or set of books, open at one end to leave the spine(s) visible

slip cover noun

1. A loose cover for an item of furniture
2. A book jacket

slipˈ-dock noun

A dock with a slipway

slipˈform noun (building)

A form that can be moved slowly as work progresses (also adjective)

slipform paver noun

A machine for laying continuously a concrete road surface

slip gauge noun (engineering)

An accurately ground rectangular block used to measure with great accuracy the distance between components or faces

slipˈknot noun

1. A knot that adjusts tightness by slipping along a rope
2. A knot easily untied by pulling an end

slipˈ-on or slipˈ-over adjective

1. Slipped on or over
2. (of a garment) slipped easily over the head without unbuttoning

noun

1. A garment easily slipped on
2. A garment slipped over the head

slipped disc see disc

slippery elm noun

1. A N American elm
2. Its mucilaginous bark used as a demulcent

slipˈrail noun (Aust)

1. A movable rail serving as a gate
2. A gap closed by such a rail

slip ring noun

A device in an electric motor or alternator which conveys power to or from the rotor without changing polarity

slip road noun

1. A local bypass
2. A road by which vehicles move off or onto a motorway

slip sheet noun (printing)

A sheet of paper placed between sheets as they are printed to avoid offset

slipˈshod adjective

1. Careless, carelessly executed
2. Shod with slippers, or with shoes down at the heel
3. Slovenly

slipˈ-shoe noun (obsolete)

A slipper

slip stitch noun

A concealed sewing stitch used on hems, facings, etc in which only a few threads of the material forming the main body of the garment are caught up by the needle for each stitch

slipˈ-stitch transitive verb

To join using slip stitches

slipˈstream noun

The stream of air driven back by an aircraft propeller or the stream of air behind any (usu quickly) moving vehicle or other object

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To follow (another car, bicycle, etc) closely and thus benefit from the decreased wind resistance created by its slipstream

slipˈ-string noun (obsolete or dialect)

A rogue, someone who richly deserves hanging (also adjective)

slipˈ-up noun (informal)

An error or failure

slipˈway noun

A pier in a dock or shipyard that slopes down into the water

give someone the slip

To escape from someone, usu by cunning

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