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slip
  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.
  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. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
  8. (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.)
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
  12. (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.
  13. (dated) A child's pinafore.
  14. An outside covering or case.
  15. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
  16. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  17. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together.
  18. A particular quantity of yarn.
  19. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
  20. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
  21. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
  22. (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.
  23. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
  24. A fish, the sole.
  25. Synonyms:
      26. strip, ribbon, leaf, sliver, list, band, stripe, binding, tape, braid, banderole, filet, fillet, taper, bandeau, length, bow, stretch, tie, streamer, trimming, cordon, decoration, skid, tumble, fall, slide, spill, stumble, misstep, trip, false step, flop, drop, cropper, topple, collapse, header, roll, nosedive, plunge, crash, belly flop, blunder, accident, toss, careless act, headlong fall, dive, flip … more
  26. Examples:
      27. “This property enables a thin slip of metal to be bent backward and forwards without breaking.”
      “Safety equipment is used to guard against the consequences of a slip or fall.”
      “It was a monumental slip with disastrous repercussions.”
slip
  1. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  2. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
  3. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
  4. A long, thin piece of something.
  5. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
  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.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. strip, ribbon, leaf, sliver, list, band, stripe, binding, tape, braid, banderole, filet, fillet, taper, bandeau, length, bow, stretch, tie, streamer, trimming, cordon, decoration, skid, tumble, fall, slide, spill, stumble, misstep, trip, false step, flop, drop, cropper, topple, collapse, header, roll, nosedive, plunge, crash, belly flop, blunder, accident, toss, careless act, headlong fall, dive, flip … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “This property enables a thin slip of metal to be bent backward and forwards without breaking.”
      “Safety equipment is used to guard against the consequences of a slip or fall.”
      “It was a monumental slip with disastrous repercussions.”
slippage
  1. The act of slipping, especially from a secure location.
  2. The amount by which something has slipped.
  3. A lessening of performance or achievement.
  4. A decrease in motion, or in the power of a mechanical system due to slipping.
  5. The difference between estimated and actual transaction costs.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. slipping, sliding
  7. Examples:
      8. “Empty glass containers must be stored inverted in single rows with paper on the shelf to prevent slippage.”
      “Make sure the jaws of the wrench or pliers are snug in position before you manipulate the handle, to avoid slippage or scraped knuckles.”
      “Ordinarily, the vehicle runs in a front-wheel drive mode, but if wheel slippage is detected, power is automatically delivered to the rear wheels.”
slipperiness
  1. (uncountable) The property of being slippery.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being slippery.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. imperilment, risk, peril, danger, jeopardy, endangerment, trouble, hazard, threat, menace, pitfall, distress, insecurity, vulnerability, precariousness, uncertainty, instability, exposure, exigency, crisis, emergency, venture, dynamite, possibility, probability, double trouble, hot potato, risky business, harm's way, thin ice, perilousness, riskiness, being on the precipice, liability, problem, difficulty, cause for alarm, imminence, accident, deathtrap, consequence, stakes, tinderbox, timebomb, razor's edge, flyer, liableness, flashpoint, volcano, element of danger … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Taking them off means feeling the floor, the temperature and slipperiness of the surface, the rhythm of jointing in the boards.”
      “You don't smell the salt air of the ocean, feel the swell of the waves under your boat or the slipperiness of a freshly caught fish.”
      “It's about delphiniums, not about poppies, and seems to be suffering from the same irritating slipperiness.”
slip
  1. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
  2. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. strip, ribbon, leaf, sliver, list, band, stripe, binding, tape, braid, banderole, filet, fillet, taper, bandeau, length, bow, stretch, tie, streamer, trimming, cordon, decoration, skid, tumble, fall, slide, spill, stumble, misstep, trip, false step, flop, drop, cropper, topple, collapse, header, roll, nosedive, plunge, crash, belly flop, blunder, accident, toss, careless act, headlong fall, dive, flip … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “This property enables a thin slip of metal to be bent backward and forwards without breaking.”
      “Safety equipment is used to guard against the consequences of a slip or fall.”
      “It was a monumental slip with disastrous repercussions.”
slipping
  1. The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lapse, deterioration, fall, decline, worsening, drop, degeneration, descent, downturn, falling, sinking, slide, waning, decadence, declension, devolution, recession, decay, dereliction, ebb, corrosion, corruption, debasement, impairment, tainting, falling away, weakening, loss, setback, worsening of someone's condition, fall from grace, turn for the worse, relapse, degradation, downfall, collapse, decaying, ebbing, degeneracy, dilapidation, disintegration, enfeeblement, debilitation, ruin, atrophy, decrease, disrepair, dwindling, decrepitude, ruination … more
slipperness
  1. Obsolete form of slipperiness.
slippiness
  1. The state or condition of being slippy.
  2. Examples:
      3. “She asked if the road was bad, and I said I hadn't felt any slippiness yet, but was driving with extra caution.”
      “With regards to the slippiness of the stainless, will it be any more slippy than a tiled floor?”
      “And varying chemical groups and molecular weight can tweak the viscosity and slippiness of the product.”
slipage
  1. Dated spelling of slippage.
slips
  1. plural of slip
  2. (cricket) the area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively
  3. Synonyms:
      4. strip, ribbons, leaves, slivers, banderoles, lists, streamers, scarves, cloths, sashes, tapes, bandeaux, stretches, bindings, bows, braids, decorations, bands, fillets, stripes, filets, lengths, trimmings, ties, cordons, tapers, skids, tumbles, falls, slides, spills, stumbles, missteps, trips, false steps, drops, croppers, flops, nosedives, headers, rolls, collapses, belly flops, plunges, crashes, dives, wipeouts, descent, flips, pratfalls … more
slipperinesses
  1. plural of slipperiness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. imperilments, risks, perils, dangers, jeopardies, endangerments, troubles, hazards, threats, menaces, pitfalls, distresses, insecurities, vulnerabilities, precariousness, uncertainties, instabilities, exposures, exigencies, crises, emergencies, ventures, dynamites, possibility, probabilities, double troubles, hot potatoes, perilousness, riskinesses, liabilities, problemata, difficulties, imminences, accidents, deathtraps, consequences, stakes, worries, concerns, gambles, chances, tinderboxes, torments, risk factors, double-troubles, flyers, liableness, troublemakers, volcanoes, flashpoints … more
slippages
  1. plural of slippage
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slippings, slidings, deficits, shortages, lacks, deficiencies, scarcities, dearths, insufficiencies, wants, inadequacies, paucities, poverties, scantinesses, scarceness, famines, shortfalls, droughts, pinches, inadequatenesses, failures, crunches, drouths, lacunas, losses, defaults, arrears, debts, insufficience, debits, indebtednesses, defalcations, shortcomings, underages, discrepancies, dues, dead horses, due bills, red ink … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “These included streamlining training practices and eliminating slippages in deliveries.”
      “You walk right by the edge, vertical drops for the vertigo-challenged, stepping round recent cliff slippages.”
      “Major slippages in body condition can lead to undesirable further problems next year.”
slippings
  1. plural of slipping
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lapses, deterioration, falls, decline, worsening, drops, degeneration, descent, downturns, falling, sinkings, slides, wanings, decadence, declensions, devolutions, recession, decay, dereliction, ebbs, corrosion, corruption, debasement, impairment, weakening, loss, relapses, setbacks, falls from grace, degeneracies, degradation, crumblings, ebbings, shrinkings, dying, downfalls, ruinations, disintegration, ruin, dissolution, blight, failings, decrease, fadings, failure, falloffs, dilapidations, adulterations, decrepitude, extinction … more
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