Definitions for slipping



Overview of verb slip

The verb slip has 11 senses? (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (11) steal, slip

(move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness")

2. (7) slip

(insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand")

3. (6) skid, slip, slue, slew, slide

(move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")

4. (4) slip, drop off, drop away, fall away

(get worse; "My grades are slipping")

5. (2) slip

(move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble")

6. (1) err, mistake, slip

(to make a mistake or be incorrect)

7. slip, sneak

(pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking")

8. slip

(move easily; "slip into something comfortable")

9. slip

(cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place")

10. slip, slip one's mind

(pass out of one's memory)

11. dislocate, luxate, splay, slip

(move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically")


Overview of adj slipping

The adj slipping has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) slipping, slithering

(moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice")

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