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slipping |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Slip \Slip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slipped}; p. pr & vb n. {Slipping}.] [OE. slippen; akin to LG & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan. slippe, Sw slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr OE slipen, AS sl[=i]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl[=i]fan to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel. sl[=i]pa to whet; cf also AS sl?pan, Goth. sliupan OS slopian OHG. sliofan G. schliefen schl?pfen, which seem to come from a somewhat different root form Cf {Slope}, n.] 1. To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide. 2. 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. 3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out off etc.; as a bone may slip out of its place 4. 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 Thus one tradesman slips away To give his partner fairer play. --Prior. Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away --Dryden. 5. To err; to fall into error or fault. There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart. --Ecclus. xix. 16. {To let slip}, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape. Cry, ``Havoc,'' and let slip the dogs of war. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slipping adj : moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice" [syn: {slithering}]
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