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/slɪp ɑn/ Listen

verb

Slip v. t.

To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly. "He tried to slip a powder into her drink."

To omit; to loose by negligence. "And slip no advantage That my secure you."

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."

To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound. "Lucento slipped me like his greyhound."

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

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.

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"Slip on" Quotes from Famous Books

... out as sharp ledges. Others are flat tables, covered with a table-cloth of sea-plants. These clothe the rocks, or hang over the ledges like wet, shining green curtains. Nearly every rock has its crust of barnacles and clumps of mussels. If we are not careful we slip on the wet weeds, and get a ducking in the pools which lie everywhere among ...

— On the Seashore • R. Cadwallader Smith

... "I'd sooner slip on blood than on a floor like that. Yes, so I would. I wonder why those frog eaters don't make their houses snug and decent instead of big as a church. Now, though I'm not a moral man, yet I call it immoral, damned if I don't, to live ...

— The Unspeakable Gentleman • John P. Marquand

... control deck that it has been necessary to jettison three quarters of your fuel supply. For the last five hundred and seventy-nine seconds you have been blasting at one-quarter space speed. The four main drive rockets were cut out at thirty-second intervals. Making adjustment for degree of slip on each successive rocket cutout, find present position by using cross-fix with Regulus as your starboard fix, Alpha Centauri as ...

— Stand by for Mars! • Carey Rockwell

... his arms, as in a cradle, while she held up her skirts with both hands. He then descended the steps and moved toward the door with his strange burden. He was obliged to be very careful not to slip on the wet earth, and this absorbed him during the first few steps; but when he found his footing more sure, he felt a natural curiosity to observe the ...

— Monsieur de Camors, Complete • Octave Feuillet

... every bit as wild as this are being received in silence every day. All strokes slip on the smoothness of a polished wall. All blows fall soundless on the softness of a padded cell. For madness is a passive as well as an active state: it is a paralysis, a refusal of the nerves to respond to the normal stimuli, as well as an unnatural stimulation. There are commonwealths, plainly ...

— A Miscellany of Men • G. K. Chesterton

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