Definitions for slipt
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Slipt is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 66 anagrams from letters in slipt (ilpst).
Definitions for slipt
noun
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an act or instance of slipping.
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a sudden losing of one's foothold, as on slippery ground.
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a mistake in judgment; blunder.
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a mistake or oversight, as in speaking or writing, especially a small one due to carelessness:
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an error in conduct; indiscretion.
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something easily slipped on or off.
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a decline or fall in quantity, quality, extent, etc., or from a standard or accustomed level:
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Clothing.
a woman's undergarment, sleeveless and usually having shoulder straps, extending from above the bust down to the hemline of the outer dress.
an underskirt, as a half-slip or petticoat.
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a pillowcase.
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an inclined plane, sloping to the water, on which vessels are built or repaired.
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Nautical. the difference between the speed at which a screw propeller or paddle wheel would move if it were working against a solid and the actual speed at which it advances through the water.
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a space between two wharves or in a dock for vessels to lie in.
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Electricity. the difference between the synchronous and the operating speeds of a motor.
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Machinery.
the difference between output speed and input or theoretical speed in certain fluid or electromagnetic devices, as couplings or motors.
(in pumps) the difference between the actual volume of water or other liquid delivered by a pump during one complete stroke and the theoretical volume as determined by calculation of the displacement.
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unintended movement or play between mechanical parts or the like.
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Cricket.
the position of a fielder who stands behind and to the offside of the wicketkeeper.
the fielder playing this position.
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Geology.
the relative displacement of formerly adjacent points on opposite sides of a fault, measured along the fault plane.
a small fault.
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Also called glide. Metallurgy. plastic deformation of one part of a metallic crystal relative to the other part due to shearing action.
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a small paper form on which information is noted:
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a piece suitable for propagation cut from a plant; scion or cutting.
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any long, narrow piece or strip, as of wood, paper, or land.
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a young person, especially one of slender form:
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a long seat or narrow pew in a church.
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Bookbinding. one of the ends of a band, extending at the sides of a book after sewing.
verb
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simple past tense of slip1 .
Idioms
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give someone the slip, to elude a pursuer; escape:
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let slip, to reveal unintentionally:
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slip a cog. cog1 (def 6).
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slip between the cracks. crack (def 53).
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slip someone's mind, to be forgotten:
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slip something over on, to deceive; defraud; trick.
Also, slip one over on.
Verb phrases
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slip away,
to depart quietly or unobtrusively; steal off.
to recede; slowly vanish:
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slip up, to make an error; fail:
verb (used with object)
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to cause to move, pass, go, etc., with a smooth, easy, or sliding motion.
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to put, place, pass, insert, or withdraw quickly or stealthily:
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to put on or take off (a garment) easily or quickly:
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to let or make (something) slide out of a fastening, the hold, etc.:
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to release from a leash, harness, etc., as a hound or a hawk.
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to get away or free oneself from; escape (a pursuer, restraint, leash, etc.):
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to untie or undo (a knot).
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Nautical. to let go entirely, as an anchor cable or an anchor.
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to pass from or escape (one's memory, attention, knowledge, etc.).
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to dislocate; put out of joint or position:
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to shed or cast:
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to ignore, pass over, or omit, as in speaking or writing.
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to let pass unheeded; neglect or miss.
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Boxing. to evade or avoid (a blow) by moving or turning the body quickly:
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(of animals) to bring forth (offspring) prematurely.
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British. to detach (a railway car) from a moving train as it passes through a station.
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to take slips or cuttings from (a plant).
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to take (a part), as a slip from a plant.
verb (used without object)
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to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide:
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to slide suddenly or involuntarily; to lose one's foothold, as on a smooth surface:
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to move, slide, or start gradually from a place or position:
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to slide out of or become disengaged from a fastening, the grasp, etc.:
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to pass without having been acted upon or used; be lost; get away:
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to pass from the mind, memory, or consciousness.
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to elapse or pass quickly or imperceptibly (often followed by away or by):
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to become involved or absorbed easily:
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to move or go quietly, cautiously, or unobtrusively:
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to put on or take off a garment easily or quickly:
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to make a mistake or error:
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to fall below a standard or accustomed level, or to decrease in quantity or quality; decline; deteriorate:
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to be said or revealed inadvertently (usually followed by out):
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to read, study, consider, etc., without attention:
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Aeronautics. (of an aircraft when excessively banked) to slide sideways, toward the center of the curve described in turning.
Compare skid (def 15).
Origin of slipt
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English slippen Middle Dutch slippen; cognate with Old High German slipfen; (noun) late Middle English slippe, derivative of or akin to the v.; compare Old High German
Examples for slipt
But Nicholson, hearing of their mission, "slipt out in the morning."
I stole a cartrich out of your shot-bag then, and slipt it in the muzzle of your musket.
The dead man declared that the money was slipt down at the foot of his bed.
They were got as far as the Day of Judgement, when we slipt out of the room.
At last one of them slipt through his fingers, and fell on the floor.
The man bowed, slipt a letter into his hand, and disappeared.
Then he had slipt into the kitchen like a soldier sweetheart of the maids.
He didn't leave his span behind him, when he slipt off the handle, I know.
"Spare to burden my weakness," said the chaplain; and slipt away into the shade.
Some of our clergy have slipt in by stealth now and then; but they have got up a farce of their own.