Overview of verb slip

The verb slip has 11 senses

• steal, slip -- (move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness")


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


• skid, slip, slue, slew, slide -- (move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk")


• slip, drop off, drop away, fall away -- (get worse; "My grades are slipping")


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


• err, mistake, slip -- (to make a mistake or be incorrect)


• slip, sneak -- (pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking")


• slip -- (move easily; "slip into something comfortable")


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


• slip, slip one's mind -- (pass out of one's memory)


• 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 sense

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