Slipped

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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[imac]pan (in comp.), akin to G. schleifen
     to slide, glide, drag, whet, OHG. sl[imac]fan to slide,
     glide, make smooth, Icel. sl[imac]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.
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     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.
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     3. To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with
        out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
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     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.
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              Thus one tradesman slips away,
              To give his partner fairer play.      --Prior.
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              Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away. --Dryden.
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     5. To err; to fall into error or fault.
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              There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not
              from his heart.                       --Ecclus. xix.
                                                    16.
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     {To let slip}, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound;
        to allow to escape.
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              Cry, "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slip
       n 1: a socially awkward or tactless act [syn: {faux pas}, {gaffe},
             {solecism}, {gaucherie}]
       2: a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or
          writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. [syn:
          {slip-up}, {miscue}, {parapraxis}]
       3: potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or
          decorating ceramics
       4: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a
          plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
          [syn: {cutting}]
       5: a young and slender person; "he's a mere slip of a lad"
       6: a place where a craft can be made fast [syn: {mooring}, {moorage},
           {berth}]
       7: an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; "he
          blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips
          and a few spills" [syn: {trip}]
       8: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the
          tiller" [syn: {slickness}, {slick}, {slipperiness}]
       9: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn:
           {strip}]
       10: a small sheet of paper; "a receipt slip" [syn: {slip of
           paper}]
       11: a woman's sleeveless undergarment [syn: {chemise}, {shimmy},
            {shift}, {teddies}, {teddy}]
       12: bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar
           carried his loot in a pillowcase" [syn: {case}, {pillowcase},
            {pillow slip}]
       13: an unexpected slide [syn: {skid}, {sideslip}]
       14: a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air [syn:
            {sideslip}]
       15: the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning) [syn: {elusion},
            {eluding}]
       v 1: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
            [syn: {steal}]
       2: insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped
          some money into the waiter's hand"
       3: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled
          manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk" [syn: {skid},
           {slue}, {slew}, {slide}]
       4: get worse; "My grades are slipping" [syn: {drop off}, {drop
          away}, {fall away}]
       5: move smoothly and easily
       6: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: {err}, {mistake}]
       7: pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was
          looking" [syn: {sneak}]
       8: pass out of one's memory [syn: {slip one's mind}]
       9: move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial
          hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" [syn:
           {dislocate}, {luxate}, {splay}]
       [also: {slipping}, {slipped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slipped
       See {slip}