SLIPPED
SLIP
slip
(verb) insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; “He slipped some money into the waiter’s hand”
slip, drop off, drop away, fall away
(verb) get worse; “My grades are slipping”
dislocate, luxate, splay, slip
(verb) move out of position; “dislocate joints”; “the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically”
slip, slip one's mind
(verb) pass out of one’s memory
err, mistake, slip
(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect
skid, slip, slue, slew, slide
(verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; “the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”
steal, slip
(verb) move stealthily; “The ship slipped away in the darkness”
slip
(verb) move smoothly and easily; “the bolt slipped into place”; “water slipped from the polished marble”
slip
(verb) move easily; “slip into something comfortable”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
slipped (not comparable)
(heraldry, of a plant) With part of the stalk displayed.
Verb
slipped
simple past tense and past participle of slip
Anagrams
• sippled
Source: Wiktionary
SLIP
Slip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Slipping.] Etym:
[OE. slippen; akin to LG. & D. slippen, MHG. slipfen (cf. Dan.
slippe, Sw. slippa, Icel. sleppa), and fr. OE. slipen, AS. slipan (in
comp.), akin to G. schleifen to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. slifan
to slide, glide, make smooth, Icel. slipa to whet; cf. also AS. sl,
Goth. sliupan, OS. slopian, OHG. sliofan, G. schliefen, schl, 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.
Slip, v. t.
1. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently
or secretly.
He tried to slip a powder into her drink. Arbuthnot.
2. To omit; to loose by negligence.
And slip no advantage That my secure you. B. Jonson.
3. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips
of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
The branches also may be slipped and planted. Mortimer.
4. To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Lucento slipped me like his greyhound. Shak.
5. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips
his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
6. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink. To slip a cable.
(Naut.) See under Cable.
– To slip off, to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat.
– To slip on, to put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a gown
or coat.
Slip, n. Etym: [AS. slipe, slip.]
1. The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
2. An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom. Fuller.
3. A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a
descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
A native slip to us from foreign seeds. Shak.
The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride. R. Browning.
4. A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
Moonlit slips of silver cloud. Tennyson.
A thin slip of a girl, like a new moon Sure to be rounded into beauty
soon. Longfellow.
5. 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.
We stalked over the extensive plains with Killbuck and Lena in the
slips, in search of deer. Sir S. Baker.
6. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the
slip. Shak.
7. (Print.)
Definition: A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck
off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the
galley.
8. Any covering easily slipped on. Specifically:
(a) A loose garment worn by a woman.
(b) A child's pinafore.
(c) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
(d) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like. [R.]
9. A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
[Obs.] Shak
10. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge
tools. [Prov. Eng.] Sir W. Petty.
11. Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of
ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handless and other applied
parts.
12. A particular quantity of yarn. [Prov. Eng.]
13. An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is
hauled for repair.
14. An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in
a dock; as, Peck slip. [U. S.]
15. A narrow passage between buildings. [Eng.]
16. A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door. [U.
S.]
17. (Mining.)
Definition: A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity. Knight.
18. (Engin.)
Definition: The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle
wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally, or the
difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she
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.
19. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fish, the sole.
20. (Cricket)
Definition: A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the
batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short
slip, and long slip. To give one the slip, to slip away from one; to
elude one.
– Slip dock. See under Dock.
– Slip link (Mach.), a connecting link so arranged as to allow some
play of the parts, to avoid concussion.
– Slip rope (Naut.), a rope by which a cable is secured preparatory
to slipping. Totten.
– Slip stopper (Naut.), an arrangement for letting go the anchor
suddenly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition