Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Fitted with slips: as, a box -slipped plane.
  • In heraldry, represented as torn from the stalk in such a way as to have a strip of the bark of the main stem still clinging to it: said of a branch or twig, or a single leaf.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of slip.

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Examples

  • And another word slipped out, one Milo had of course heard before, but which had never been directed at him.

    Empty Windows, Empty Rooms Peter Kispert 2011

  • And another word slipped out, one Milo had heard before, but directed at him specifically.

    Empty Homes, Empty Windows Peter Kispert 2011

  • His name slipped from my lips before I had time to think.

    Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

  • The name slipped off my tongue like it was my own.

    Fashionistas Mo Money 2010

  • His name slipped from my lips before I had time to think.

    Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

  • His name slipped from my lips before I had time to think.

    Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

  • His name slipped from my lips before I had time to think.

    Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010

  • At some point the word slipped its etymological harness and came to mean a hanger-on, someone who could get the occasional meal from a nobleman by pleasing him with good conversation, delivering messages, or doing some other job.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • At some point the word slipped its etymological harness and came to mean a hanger-on, someone who could get the occasional meal from a nobleman by pleasing him with good conversation, delivering messages, or doing some other job.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • At some point the word slipped its etymological harness and came to mean a hanger-on, someone who could get the occasional meal from a nobleman by pleasing him with good conversation, delivering messages, or doing some other job.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

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