Definition of slip

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Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar..

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Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Marsh Marigold :: Marsh marigold () A perennial plant of the genus Caltha (C. palustris), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of cowslip. See Cowslip..
Slippiness :: Slippiness (n.) Slipperiness.
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) One who, or that which, slips..
Relapse :: Relapse (v. i.) To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back..
Slip :: Slip (n.) 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..
Slipshod :: Slipshod (a.) Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing..
Snakehead :: Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car..
Butterfish :: Butterfish (n.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand..
Brob :: Brob (n.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper..
Slipskin :: Slipskin (a.) Evasive.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To pass slowly and smoothly downward, backward, or away; to slip downward, backward, or away; to glide; -- mostly restricted to figurative uses..
Joggle :: "Joggle (n.) A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver..
Lubricity :: Lubricity (n.) Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from.
Slip :: Slip (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair..
Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Exposed to a certain contingency or casualty, more or less probable; -- with to and an infinitive or noun; as, liable to slip; liable to accident..
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