Slide vs. Slip: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Updated on October 18, 2023
"Slide" means to move smoothly along a surface, while "slip" implies a sudden, accidental sliding.
Key Differences
"Slide" generally refers to a smooth, continuous movement along a surface, often controlled or deliberate, like a child going down a slide; "slip," however, often refers to an accidental loss of balance or footing, resulting in an unintended and sometimes dangerous movement.
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In a "slide," the movement is typically horizontal or along a plane, and can be either natural or forced, such as moving a piece of furniture across the floor; a "slip" is usually very sudden, often vertical, and is not controlled, like stepping on ice and losing one's balance.
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The verb "slide" can also imply a gradual, unnoticeable change over time, like standards sliding downwards; "slip" in a similar context would imply a sudden, perhaps immediate lapse, like someone's memory slipping.
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In sports, a "slide" is often a strategic move, such as a baseball player sliding into a base, indicating a purposeful action; conversely, an athlete who "slips" during a game might do so due to an unexpected obstacle or surface condition, indicating an accidental action.
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"Slide" also has technical meanings, like in music, where it refers to a gliding transition from one pitch to another, or in photography, where it refers to a small piece of film in a frame; "slip" doesn't usually carry such technical connotations, but it can refer to specific phenomena in various fields, like "slip" in geology referring to the displacement along a fault.
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Comparison Chart
Direction of Movement
Generally horizontal or along a plane
Often sudden and can be vertical
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Contextual Use
Implies a smooth or gradual change
Indicates a sudden lapse or loss
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Usage in Sports
Can be a strategic, purposeful action
An unintended incident due to conditions
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Technical Meanings
Used in various fields with specific uses
Specific phenomena in different fields
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Slide and Slip Definitions
Slide
To move smoothly along a continuous surface.
The children love to slide down the snowy hill on their sleds.
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Slip
To slide unintentionally causing one to lose their balance.
He slipped on the wet floor and fell.
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A decline in condition, quality, or standard.
The company's profits began to slide during the third quarter.
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Slip
To go or move quietly or quickly, without attracting notice.
He managed to slip away from the party without anyone noticing.
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Slide
A smooth, uninterrupted movement in music from one note to another.
The trombonist executed a perfect slide from one note to the next.
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Slide
A piece of playground equipment that children slide down.
The park has a new slide that all the kids enjoy.
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Slip
To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint
Slipped out of the wrestler's hold.
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Slide
To participate in a sport that involves such movement
Sliding for a medal in luge.
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Slip
To put on or remove a piece of clothing smoothly or quietly
Slipped into a nightgown.
Slipped out of the shirt.
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Slide
To pass smoothly and quietly; glide
Slid past the door without anyone noticing.
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Slip
To move accidentally out of place or fail to gain traction
The gear slipped.
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Slide
(Baseball) To drop down from a running into a lying or diving position when approaching a base so as to avoid being tagged out.
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Slip
To pass gradually, easily, or imperceptibly into a different state
He slipped into a coma.
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Slip
To decline from a former or standard level; fall off
The senator's popularity has slipped.
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Slide
To become less favorable or less desirable
Economic conditions have begun to slide.
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Slide
To cause to slide or slip
Slid the glass down to the other end of the counter.
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Slip
To place or insert smoothly and quietly
She slipped the letter into her pocket.
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Slide
To place covertly or deftly
Slid the stolen merchandise into his pocket.
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Slip
To insert (a remark, for example) unobtrusively
Managed to slip his criticisms in before the end of the meeting.
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Slip
To put on or remove (clothing) easily or quickly
Slip on a sweater.
Slipped off her shoes.
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Slide
A playground apparatus for children to slide on, typically consisting of a smooth chute climbed onto by means of a ladder.
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Slide
A part that operates by sliding, as the U-shaped section of tube on a trombone that is moved to change the pitch.
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Slide
A period of decline or loss
"The semiconductor industry is heading for a cyclical slide" (New York Times).
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Slide
One of a series of images projected digitally as part of a presentation.
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Slide
A small glass plate for mounting specimens to be examined under a microscope.
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Slip
To pass (a knitting stitch) from one needle to another without knitting it.
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Slide
A fall of a mass of rock, earth, or snow down a slope; an avalanche or landslide.
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Slide
A slight portamento used in violin playing, passing quickly from one note to another.
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Slide
An ornamentation consisting of two grace notes approaching the main note.
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Slide
A small metal or glass tube worn over a finger or held in the hand, used in playing bottleneck-style guitar.
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Slip
A slight error or oversight, as in speech or writing
A slip of the tongue.
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Slide
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
He slid the boat across the grass.
The safe slid slowly.
Snow slides down the side of a mountain.
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Slide
(intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
The car slid on the ice.
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Slip
(Nautical) The difference between a vessel's actual speed through water and the speed at which the vessel would move if the screw were propelling against a solid.
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Slide
(intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
He slid while going around the corner.
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Slide
(transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
To alter the meaning of a question by sliding in a word
Schoolchildren sometimes slide each other notes during class.
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Slide
(transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
He slid me a dirty look.
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Slide
(intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
A ship or boat slides through the water.
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Slip
The relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault.
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Slide
To decrease in amount or value.
The stock market slid yesterday after major stocks released weak quarterly results.
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Slip
The difference between optimal and actual output in a mechanical device.
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Slide
(music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
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Slip
Movement between two parts where none should exist, as between a pulley and a belt.
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Slide
(regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
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Slip
A part of a plant cut or broken off for grafting or planting; a scion or cutting.
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Slide
(soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
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Slide
An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
The long, red slide was great fun for the kids.
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Slide
A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
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Slip
A small piece of paper, especially a small form, document, or receipt
A deposit slip.
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Slide
The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
The slide closed the highway.
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Slide
An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
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Slip
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
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Slide
The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
A slide on the ice
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Slip
(intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
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Slip
(intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
A bone may slip out of place.
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Slide
(photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
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Slip
(transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
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Slide
A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
I still need to prepare some slides for my presentation tomorrow.
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Slip
(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
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Slide
(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
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Slip
(intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
Some errors slipped into the appendix.
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Slide
A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
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Slip
Clipping of sideslip: To fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind.
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Slip
To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
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Slide
(music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
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Slide
(phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
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Slip
(transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
To slip a piece of cloth or paper
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Slip
(transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
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Slip
To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
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Slide
(speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
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Slip
An act or instance of slipping.
I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
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Slip
A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
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Slide
To move along the surface of any body by slipping, or without walking or rolling; to slip; to glide; as, snow slides down the mountain's side.
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Slide
Especially, to move over snow or ice with a smooth, uninterrupted motion, as on a sled moving by the force of gravity, or on the feet.
They bathe in summer, and in winter slide.
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Slide
To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance; as, a ship or boat slides through the water.
Ages shall slide away without perceiving.
Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.
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Slip
(nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
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Slide
To slip when walking or standing; to fall.
Their foot shall slide in due time.
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Slide
To pass from one note to another with no perceptible cassation of sound.
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Slip
(medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
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Slide
To pass out of one's thought as not being of any consequence.
With good hope let he sorrow slide.
With a calm carelessness letting everything slide.
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Slip
(cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
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Slide
To cause to slide; to thrust along; as, to slide one piece of timber along another.
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Slip
A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
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Slide
To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip; as, to slide in a word to vary the sense of a question.
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Slip
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.
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Slip
An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.
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Slip
A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
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Slide
A plate or slip of glass on which is a picture or delineation to be exhibited by means of a magic lantern, stereopticon, or the like; a plate on which is an object to be examined with a microscope.
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Slide
The descent of a mass of earth, rock, or snow down a hill or mountain side; as, a land slide, or a snow slide; also, the track of bare rock left by a land slide.
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Slip
(obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
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Slip
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
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Slide
A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
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Slide
A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
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Slide
A small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
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Slip
(engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it 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.
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Slide
(music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale;
The violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides
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Slip
(electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
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Slip
(telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
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Slide
The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it;
His slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill
The children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope
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Slide
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
The wheels skidded against the sidewalk
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Slip
A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
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Slide
To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly;
They slid through the wicket in the big gate
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Slide
Move smoothly along a surface;
He slid the money over to the other gambler
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Slip
A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
A salary slip
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Slide
A transparent image on a piece of film, viewed by projecting light through it.
The professor showed a slide of the artwork during her lecture.
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Slip
(marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
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Slip
To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
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Slip
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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Slip
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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Slip
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.
Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.
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Slip
To err; to fall into error or fault.
There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.
Cry, "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war.
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Slip
To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
He tried to slip a powder into her drink.
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Slip
To omit; to loose by negligence.
And slip no advantageThat my secure you.
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Slip
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.
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Slip
To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.
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Slip
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
An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
This good man's slip mended his pace to martyrdom.
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Slip
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.
The girlish slip of a Sicilian bride.
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Slip
A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
Moonlit slips of silver cloud.
A thin slip of a girl, like a new moonSure to be rounded into beauty soon.
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Slip
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.
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Slip
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.
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Slip
Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
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Slip
Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
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Slip
An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
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Slip
An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
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Slip
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.
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Slip
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.
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Slip
The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.
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Slip
A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.
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Slip
A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
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Slip
Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
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Slip
A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
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Slip
An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall;
He blamed his slip on the ice
The jolt caused many slips and a few spills
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Slip
Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;
The burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
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Slip
Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly;
He slipped some money into the waiter's hand
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Slip
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner;
The wheels skidded against the sidewalk
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Slip
Move out of position;
Dislocate joints
The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
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Slip
A decline in an amount, quality, or degree.
Her grades began to slip last semester.
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Slip
A woman's undergarment worn beneath a dress or skirt.
She bought a new slip for her formal gown.
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FAQs
Is "slide" used in music?
Yes, it refers to a gliding transition between notes.
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Can "slide" refer to a gradual deterioration?
Yes, "slide" can imply a gradual decline in standard or quality.
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Can "slip" refer to a piece of clothing?
Yes, it's a type of woman's undergarment.
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Does "slide" only refer to physical movement?
No, it can also indicate a gradual change in state or quality.
Janet White
Oct 18, 2023
Can "slide" be a noun?
Yes, it's also a playground equipment or a piece of film.
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Does "slip" always imply an accident?
Typically, but it can also mean to quietly move or to make a mistake.
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Does "slip" imply quickness?
It can, especially when referring to moving quietly or quickly.
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Is "slide" controlled movement?
Often, but it can also happen due to external forces, like gravity.
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Can "slide" be used in sports?
Yes, like in baseball, for a player sliding into a base.
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Are slides only for children?
Primarily, but adults can use them in some contexts, like water slides.
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Can "slip" happen on any surface?
It's more common on surfaces with less friction.
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Does "slide" imply ease?
Generally, it suggests a lack of friction or resistance.
Harlon Moss
Oct 18, 2023
Is "slip" always negative?
Often, but not always, like when one slips through unnoticed.
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