slips
/slɪps/
Dictionary
noun
- A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- Mud, slime.
noun
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- A descendant, a scion.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
"She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is."
- A long, thin piece of something.
- 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"
- (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.
noun
- An act or instance of slipping.
"I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip."
- 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.
- A slipdress.
- A mistake or error.
- A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- A slipway.
- A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
"He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison."
- 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.
- A child's pinafore.
- An outside covering or case.
"a pillow slip"
- A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- A narrow passage between buildings.
- A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- 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.
- The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A fish, the sole.
verb
- To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- To err.
- To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
- To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
"A bone may slip out of place."
- To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
"She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand."
- To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
"Some errors slipped into the appendix."
- To move down; to slide.
"Profits have slipped over the past six months."
- To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- 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.
- To omit; to lose by negligence.
- To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
"to slip a piece of cloth or paper"
- To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
"A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar."
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
noun
- The area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the slip fielders collectively
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