slip

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Verb

1. To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
2. To err.
3. To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
4. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
   • A bone may slip out of place.
5. To elude or evade by smooth movement.
   • I caught the thief, but he slipped my grasp and ran away.
6. To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
   • She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
7. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
8. To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
   • Some errors slipped into the appendix.
9. To move down; to slide.
   • Profits have slipped over the past six months.
10. To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
11. Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
12. 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.
13. To omit; to lose by negligence.
14. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
    • to slip a piece of cloth or paper
15. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
    • A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
16. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
17. To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.

Noun

1. An act or instance of slipping.
   • I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
2. 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.
3. A slipdress.
4. A mistake or error.
   • a slip of the tongue
5. A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
6. A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
7. A slipway.
8. A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
9. 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.)
   • He took a screamer at slip.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
    • He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.
13. Clipping of sideslip.
14. 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.
15. A child's pinafore.
16. An outside covering or case.
    • a pillow slip
    • the slip or sheath of a sword
17. A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
18. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
19. A particular quantity of yarn.
20. A narrow passage between buildings.
21. Either side of the gallery in a theater.
22. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
23. A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
24. 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.
25. The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
26. The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
27. A fish, the sole.
28. A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
29. An incompletely caponized cockerel.
30. a small piece of a plant intended for propagation.

Noun

1. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
   • a slip from a vine
2. A descendant, a scion.
3. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
   • She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
4. A long, thin piece of something.
5. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
   • a salary slip
6. 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

1. A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
2. Mud, slime.

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