Definition of "slip"

slip¹

/slɪp/

verb
third-person singular simple present slips, present participle slipping, simple past and past participle slipped or (obsolete) slipt
1. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
  Quotations
  [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, […]
  1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184
  Fernando Amorebieta seemed to have checked him, but a stepover created a fraction of room that became significant as the defender slipped, giving Falcao just enough space to curl a superb finish into the top corner.
  2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao’s Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian‎
2. (intransitive) To err.
  Quotations
  There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ecclesiastes 19:16
3. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
4. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
5. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
6. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  Quotations
  Tvvo other VVitneſſes gave the follovving Evidence; That in his officious Attendance upon his Miſtreſs, he had try'd to ſlip a Povvder into her Drink, and that he vvas once catch'd endeavouring to ſtifle her vvith a Pillovv as ſhe vvas aſleep; […]
  1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter XI. The Apprehending, Examination, and Imprisonment of Jack, for Suspicion of Poisoning.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], page 119
7. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
  Quotations
  Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
  1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
  Thus one tradesman slips away, / To give his partner fairer play.
  1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Alma: Or, The Progress of the Mind”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], canto II
  We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift […]
  1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883
8. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
  Quotations
  The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.
  2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 – 2 Fulham”, in BBC Sport‎
9. (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
  Quotations
  Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.
  c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene ii]
  'Well, it was one morning early in the spring,' said Lars, 'that I started for Linderudsœter, where I slipped Rap, and he was soon in full cry and made the hillside ring.'
  1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, page 78
10. (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip: To fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind.
11. (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.
12. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
  Quotations
  And slip no advantage / That may secure you.
  1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, (please specify |act=I to V)
13. (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
  Quotations
  The branches also may be slipped and planted.
  1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708
14. (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
15. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
16. (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
  Quotations
  We have been consistently slipping the product release schedules.
  2005, Raj Karamchedu, It's Not About the Technology
  If you are going to slip the schedule, make it a big slip and make it early in your endgame effort so that your stakeholders can respond and adjust around you.
  2013, Robert Galen, Software Endgames
  As for trains, the contract was due to be awarded last year, but Rayner confirms that this has slipped and will now be awarded next year.
  2020 July 1, Chris Rayner tells Richard Clinnick, “High Speed 2 is speeding up …”, in Rail, page 65
noun
plural slips
1. An act or instance of slipping.
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.
  Quotations
  This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.The spelling has been modernized.
  1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837
  In quoting this passage I have taken the liberty to correct a grammatical slip.
  1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, volume 1, page 295
5. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
6. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
7. (nautical) A slipway.
8. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
9. (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.)
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.
  Quotations
  We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the slips, in search of deer.
  1852, Samuel Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon
12. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
  Quotations
  This morning I made a slip from the Office to White Hall.
  1669 February 14 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “February 4th, 1668–1669”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to X), London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1893–1899
13. (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
14. (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.
15. (dated) A child's pinafore.
16. An outside covering or case.
17. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
  Quotations
  ROMEO: […] Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you?MERCUTIO:The slip, sir, the slip. Can you not conceive?
  c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iv]
18. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  Quotations
  the Grindstone, commonly called Slipp, is used to the same purpose in dying of Silks.
  1667, William Petty, An apparatus to the history of the common practices of dying
19. A particular quantity of yarn.
20. (UK, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
21. Either side of the gallery in a theater.
  Quotations
  The gallery contains nine rows of seats, besides those in the slips.
  1826, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London, page 65
22. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
23. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
24. (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.
25. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
26. (telecommunications) 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.

slip²

/slɪp/

noun
plural slips
1. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  Quotations
  "So much for auguries," said Emily, pointing to a young geranium, which was growing in vigour below. "The day before I left home, I planted that slip, and, in idea, linked my futurity with the slight shrub, saying, If it flourishes, so shall I—if it dies, I shall die too. See how luxuriantly it blooms!"
  1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 322
2. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
  Quotations
  a native slip to us from foreign seeds
  c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene iii]
3. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
4. A long, thin piece of something.
  Quotations
  Never, nevermore / Shall lone Œnone see the morning mist / Sweep thro' them—never see them overlaid / With narrow moonlit slips of silver cloud, / Between the loud stream and the trembling stars.
  1832 December (indicated as 1833), Alfred Tennyson, “Œnone”, in Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], page 62
5. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
6. (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.

slip³

/slɪp/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural slips
1. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
2. (obsolete) Mud, slime.

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