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

let slip

1. To reveal accidentally
2. To miss (an opportunity)

look slippy (informal; esp in imperative)

To be quick, to hurry

slip a cable or mooring

To let a cable or mooring go overboard instead of waiting to weigh anchor

slip off

1. To fall off
2. To take off quickly
3. To go away quietly

slip of the tongue or pen

A word, etc said, or written, in error when something else was intended

slip on

To put on loosely or in haste

slip one's ways (Scot)

To make one's way quietly

slip the cable

To die

slip up

1. To make a mistake, to fail (informal)
2. To deceive or disappoint (Aust)