Slip(n.)
- To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
Slip(n.)
- To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
Slip(n.)
- To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
Slip(n.)
- To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
Slip(v. t.)
- To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
Slip(v. t.)
- To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Slip(v. t.)
- To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
Slip(v. t.)
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
Slip(n.)
- The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
Slip(n.)
- An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
Slip(n.)
- A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
Slip(n.)
- A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
Slip(n.)
- 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.
Slip(n.)
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
Slip(n.)
- A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
Slip(n.)
- A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
Slip(n.)
- A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
Slip(n.)
- The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she 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.
Slip(n.)
- A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.